Scorching

Full definition of scorching

Adjective

1. Very hot.It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.

Verb

1. Present participle of scorch

Noun

1. The act or result of something being scorched.
• 1839, The Lancet (volume 2, page 682)There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders...
• 1997, Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills (page 76)Green wood hardens after about four or five scorchings in the fire, but several scorchings are required to drive out the sap.