HOT-SHORT


Meaning of HOT-SHORT in English

■ adjective (of a metal) brittle when hot.

Origin

C18: from hot + short suggested by the earlier red-short , from Swed. rōdskōr (from rōd 'red' + skōr 'brittle').

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