Boil

Noun

 * 1) A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

Synonyms

 * abscess, carbuncle, pimple, pustule, cyst

Noun

 * 1) The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
 * Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
 * 1) A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
 * 2) The collective noun for a group of hawks.

Verb

 * 1)  To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
 * Boil some water in a pan.
 * 1)  To cook in boiling water.
 * Boil the eggs for two minutes.
 * 1)  Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
 * Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
 * 1)  Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
 * It’s boiling outside!
 * 1)  To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
 * I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?

Synonyms

 * seethe; see also Thesaurus:cook
 * be baking, be scorching, be sweltering
 * be seething, be baking, be stewing

Antonyms

 * condense
 * be freezing
 * be freezing

Derived terms

 * boil away
 * boil down
 * boil down to
 * boil off
 * boil over
 * make somebody’s blood boil


 * parboil
 * pot boiler
 * slow boil
 * go off the boil
 * hard-boiled
 * soft-boiled

Related terms

 * ebullient

Thesaurus
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