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hot-short
[ hot-shawrt ]
adjective
- (of steel or wrought iron) brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.
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Other Words From
- hot-shortness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hot-short1
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Example Sentences
Sulphur as an impurity in the ore tends to make the iron “hot short.”
From Project Gutenberg
Cover layers of split hot short cake crust of universal dough with Cream of Tomato sauce and serve.
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