hot-short

[ hot-shawrt ]

adjective
  1. (of steel or wrought iron) brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.

Origin of hot-short

1
1790–1800; hot + short, as in red-short

Other words from hot-short

  • hot-shortness, noun

Words Nearby hot-short

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How to use hot-short in a sentence

  • Sulphur as an impurity in the ore tends to make the iron “hot short.”

    Geology | William J. Miller
  • Cover layers of split hot short cake crust of universal dough with Cream of Tomato sauce and serve.

    The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum Perkins