[ US /ˈbɔɪɫɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /bˈɔ‍ɪlɪŋ/ ]
ADVERB
  1. extremely
    boiling mad
NOUN
  1. cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
  2. the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
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How To Use boiling In A Sentence

  • 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)
  • Cook the tagliatelle in boiling salted water until al dente.
  • If that doesn't change soon, the mutinous backbench mood could reach boiling point. Times, Sunday Times
  • Cook the inaniwa pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until cooked, then refresh in cold water and drain.
  • When reheating this soup, heat only until hot, not boiling.
  • Although peeling isn't essential because this variety has a rather thin skin, it is an easy matter to plunge them into boiling water, drain and then slip off the skins.
  • Skim the fat from pan juices, and reduce the drippings by boiling them down to a delicious sauce.
  • Foolish Julie pulled a pot of boiling water from the stove.
  • It was not just the weather that reached boiling point that summer. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Democratic political calculation with ObamaCare is the proverbial boiling frog: Gradually introduce a health-care entitlement by hiding the true costs, hook the middle class on new subsidies until they become unrepealable, but try to delay the adverse consequences and major new tax hikes so voters don't make the connection between their policy and the economic wreckage. The ObamaCare Writedowns
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