as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow
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Recent Examples of piping hot
The burgers at Motor Company are always fresh and hand-pressed, the fries are always piping hot, and the soda fountain menu includes banana splits, malt shakes, and even old-fashioned floats and sodas.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
Indeed, there are messy, complicated and outright mundane moments to every relationship — but those aren’t algorithmically climbing the ranks (unless the tea is piping hot, of course).
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Add the celery and stir-fry, combining it with the meat, until piping hot, another 2 to 3 minutes.
4: Season to taste with soy sauce, if using, then add the vinegar, stirring to combine.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
Yeti Insulated Rambler No fall tailgate is complete without an insulated bottle to keep your drinks piping hot or freezing cold.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
Indeed, there are messy, complicated and outright mundane moments to every relationship — but those aren’t algorithmically climbing the ranks (unless the tea is piping hot, of course).
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Add the celery and stir-fry, combining it with the meat, until piping hot, another 2 to 3 minutes.
4: Season to taste with soy sauce, if using, then add the vinegar, stirring to combine.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
Yeti Insulated Rambler No fall tailgate is complete without an insulated bottle to keep your drinks piping hot or freezing cold.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piping hot
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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There’s a significant battery life tax to pay for the microLED model’s searing brightness, too.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But the gifted Argentinian auteur has never tackled the issue as directly as in Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), a searing and detailed chronicle of murder, bigotry and robbery on a massive scale that also marks the director’s first feature-length documentary.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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Use hot sausage or chicken sausage for a different flavor profile.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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The semiconductor firm, whose AI chips have been a hot item for those involved in the artificial intelligence world, has been considered the number one among tech analysts and investors.—
John Navin,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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Depending on need, the hot molten salt can be used to generate steam, which can power an electrical turbine.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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These processes created microscopic craters and splashes of molten rock on the asteroid's surface, according to the paper.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Piping hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping%20hot. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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