heat-treating

verb

present participle of heat-treat
as in baking

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  1. steaming
  2. heating
  3. boiling
Verb
  • Shawn, his parents, and the stranger were sitting around the dining table, their bowls of rice steaming before them, when the knock came.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Exhibiting a pile of hot, steaming garbage might have been more transgressive than showing these sculptures.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of steaming
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  • To address this challenge, the scientists turned to bamboo biochar, a carbon-rich material created by heating bamboo biomass with little to no oxygen.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
  • On top of that, heating oil costs are projected to rise by more than 31% this winter, largely because of the sharp increase in heating oil prices driven by the war in Iran.
    — Sanya Carley, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of heating
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  • Meghan shows a pot of berries boiling on the stove, and pans over to little Lilibet, wooden spoon in hand.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
  • This woman is just one boiling bunny removed from a restraining order and Wilde amusingly plays it for all its worth.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of boiling
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“Heat-treating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat-treating. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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