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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  • That strategy denies Ukrainian civilians heating and running water, among other things.
    — Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike today’s experimental machines, commercial reactors are expected to require plasma-heating equipment capable of sustained operation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of heating
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  • 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
  • Both are distillates, produced by boiling crude oil and then cooling it back into liquid form.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 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 10 Oct. 2026.

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