boil Sentence Examples
- The water began to boil as soon as I turned on the stove.
- It's important to let the soup boil for a few minutes to ensure it's thoroughly heated.
- I could hear the kettle starting to boil, signaling that the tea would be ready soon.
- The pot of pasta reached a rolling boil, indicating it was time to add the noodles.
- As the temperature rose, I watched the pot of milk slowly begin to boil.
- The chef instructed me to wait until the sauce started to boil before reducing the heat.
- It takes approximately 10 minutes for eggs to boil to hard-boiled perfection.
- The bubbles in the pot grew larger and more frequent as the liquid approached a full boil.
- My grandmother's recipe for chicken broth requires allowing it to simmer and boil for several hours.
- The water in the hot spring is naturally heated underground, causing it to boil to the surface.
boil Meaning
boil (n)
a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
boil (v)
come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
be agitated
be in an agitated emotional state
boil (v.)
To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
boil (v. t.)
To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
To steep or soak in warm water.
boil (n.)
Act or state of boiling.
A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
Synonyms & Antonyms of boil
FAQs About the word boil
a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus, the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level, come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vap
lump, bump,blister, pimple, pustule, pock, fester, welt, sore, whelk
abate,calm, abate, calm,subside, subside,
The water began to boil as soon as I turned on the stove.
It's important to let the soup boil for a few minutes to ensure it's thoroughly heated.
I could hear the kettle starting to boil, signaling that the tea would be ready soon.
The pot of pasta reached a rolling boil, indicating it was time to add the noodles.
