"baking hot" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} baking hot (not comparable)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see baking, hot: very hot in a way that involves baking (in an oven or as if in an oven). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: baking, roasting, baked Hypernyms: hot Coordinate_terms: smoking hot, boiling hot, piping hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, steaming, hot, choleric [obsolete], heated
    Sense id: en-baking_hot-en-adj-en:literal
  2. (idiomatic, loosely) Very hot. Tags: broadly, idiomatic, not-comparable Hypernyms: hot Related terms: baked goods, bake oven
    Sense id: en-baking_hot-en-adj-en:very_hot Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Synonyms: baking, roasting, baked, smoking hot, boiling hot, piping hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, steaming, hot, choleric [obsolete], heated
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