scalder

Hot water hazard

A scalder is a person or thing that scalds—typically equipment used in food processing to loosen feathers from poultry or skin from hogs by immersing them in hot water: The chickens move from the killing line to the scalder.

Less commonly, scalder refers to anyone who burns with hot liquid or steam.

vessel

tank

Large storage vessel

steam · hot water · metal · cylindrical · reservoir · industrial · processing · immersion · dipping · thermostat

defeathering

plucker

One who yanks out

slaughterhouse · processing · feathers · evisceration · butcher · carcass · giblets · fowl · turkey · chicken

cookery

blanch

Scald briefly, then cool

peeling · broth · stock · preparation · technique · immerse · boiling point

burn

burns

Heat-caused tissue damage

pain · redness · swelling · first-degree · second-degree · accident · caution · hot liquid · splash · spill

Opposites
temperature effect

scalderchiller

Refrigeration unit or horror

freezer · cooler · refrigerator · ice bath · cold water tank

thermal sensation

scalderfreezer

Subzero storage compartment

ice · cold pack · refrigerant

Phrases
Family

scalding, scald, scalded, scaldingly

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Rated PG