Hot rowing team has stature (6)
I believe the answer is:
height
'stature' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'hot rowing team' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'rowing team' becomes 'eight' (I've seen this in other clues).
'h'+'eight'='HEIGHT'
'has' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for height that I've seen before include "Distance form top to bottom" , "part of a patient's statistics?" , "Dimension from top to bottom" , "Dimension upwards" , "Vertical extent" .)