The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
The collective noun for a group of hawks.
(of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
Boil some water in a pan.
To cook in boiling water.
Boil the eggs for three minutes.
(of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
(used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
It’s boiling outside!
(used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
to boil sugar or salt
To steep or soak in warm water.
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
the boiling waves of the sea
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
His blood boils with anger.