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Definition
boil verb (HEAT LIQUID)
/bɔɪl/ v
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[I or T] to reach, or cause something to reach, the temperature at which a liquid starts to turn into a gas
Liquid nitrogen boils at a very low temperature.
She scalded herself on some boiling water.
If you give water to a small baby to drink, you have to boil it first.
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[I or T] to heat a container, especially one used for cooking, until the liquid in it starts to turn into a gas
Could you boil the kettle for me?
The pan's boiling.
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[T] to cook food by putting it in water that is boiling
I've boiled some potatoes for dinner.
boiled carrots
boil dry
If a container or food boils dry, all the liquid in the container in which the food was cooking turns to gas.
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[T] to wash clothes in a container of very hot water
(Definition of boil verb (HEAT LIQUID) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
