[
UK
/bˈɔɪl/
]
[ US /ˈbɔɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɔɪɫ/ ]
VERB
-
be in an agitated emotional state
The customer was seething with anger -
come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius -
be agitated
the sea was churning in the storm -
bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
boil this liquid until it evaporates -
immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
boil wool
boil potatoes
NOUN
- a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
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the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
they brought the water to a boil
How To Use boil In A Sentence
- In 1850 Joy and Edward Wilson patented twin boilers working in parallel within the same casing.
- FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming: Gujarati Dal (Healthy Lentil Soup)
- The smoothly boiled porridge, with its accompaniment of thick yellow cream; the new-laid eggs; the grilled trout, fresh from the stream; the freshly baked "baps" and "scones," the crisp rolls of oatcake; and last, but not least, the delectable, home-made marmalade, which is as much a part of the meal as the coffee itself. Big Game A Story for Girls
- Parched corn coffee was brewed by mixing roasted corn with boiling water.
- The roasted fruit is emollient and used as a poultice in the treatment of gumboils, dental abscesses etc.
- The real issue, they predict, will boil down to fairness and simple human dignity.
- You can boil some brown rice and leave to cool for tomorrow. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
- I do not of course mean, Heaven forbid! that people should try to converse seriously; that results in the worst kind of dreariness, in feeling, as Stevenson said, that one has the brain of a sheep and the eyes of a boiled codfish. From a College Window
- This is a case of simmering rage and resentment at the stick from outsiders, which will come nicely to the boil at 8pm tonight. The Sun
- Investigations indicated the fire started from a temporary storehouse at the building's rear adjacent to a boiler room.