boiling stewing simmering | cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil |
boiling water reactor BWR | a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator, the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine |
boiling point | being highly angry or excited, ready to boil over, after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point |
boiling point boil | the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level, they brought the water to a boil |
boiled egg coddled egg | egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water |
hard-boiled egg hardooked egg | an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify |
boiled dinner New England boiled dinner | corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables |
boil smut Ustilago maydis | a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass |
boiling | the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas |
cutaneous leishmaniasis Old World leishmaniasis oriental sore tropical sore Delhi boil Aleppo boil | leishmaniasis of the skin, characterized by ulcerative skin lesions |
boil furuncle | a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus |
reduce boil down concentrate | cook until very little liquid is left, The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time |
boil down reduce a decoct concentrate | be cooked until very little liquid is left, The sauce should reduce to one cup |
reduce b come down boil down | be the essential element, The proposal boils down to a compromise |
boil | immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes, boil potatoes, boil wool |
boil | bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point, boil this liquid until it evaporates |
boil | come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor, Water boils atdegrees Celsius |
boil over overboil | overflow or cause to overflow while boiling, The milk is boiling over |
seethe boil | be in an agitated emotional state, The customer was seething with anger |
churn boil moil roil | be agitated, the sea was churning in the storm |
boiled poached stewed | cooked in hot water |
hard-boiled | (eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid |
soft-boiled | (eggs) having the yolk still liquid, soft-boiled eggs |
case-hardened hardened hard-boiled | used of persons, emotionally hardened, faced a case-hardened judge |
softhearted soft-boiled | easily moved to pity or sorrow, a softhearted judge |
hard-bitten hard-boiled pugnacious | tough and callous by virtue of experience |
boiling | extremely, boiling mad |