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hot-short

[ hot-shawrt ]

adjective

  1. (of steel or wrought iron) brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.

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Other Words From

  • hot-shortness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hot-short1

1790–1800; hot + short, as in red-short

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Example Sentences

Sulphur as an impurity in the ore tends to make the iron “hot short.”

Cover layers of split hot short cake crust of universal dough with Cream of Tomato sauce and serve.

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