hot work

== English == === Verb === hot work (third-person singular simple present hot works, present participle hot working, simple past and past participle hot worked) (metallurgy) To plastically deform metal (or other material) at temperatures above the recrystallization temperature but below the melting point of the material. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === hot work (uncountable) (metallurgy) Any of several plastic deformations of metal (or other material) at relatively high temperatures. Any type of work, such as welding, soldering, or glassblowing, that causes of a potential fire hazard because it causes sparks or flames. ==== Translations ==== === See also === cold work cold forming === References === hot work on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “hot work”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.