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boiling

boiling

1 1.0
Heating a liquid until it turns into steam
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/
  • Specialized
: ebullición
  • The boiling of the water created a lot of steam in the kitchen.

And how does this relate to the boiling of the frog?

Examples

  • IN TWO HOURS' TIME, THIS LIQUID WILL TURN GREEN, AND REACH A BOILING POINT OF 647 DEGREES, OR AS WE SCIENTISTS LIKE TO CALL IT, - WOW, THAT'S HOT!

    Teen Beach Movie (2013)

  • Caution Adding charcoal to a boiling solution will cause it to boil over.

  • So you can see the boiling getting more and more rapid in there as the heat is on now.

  • So just by pouring in the potassium hydroxide to the water, it's now boiling temperature.

  • WHEN THE WATER IS A LITTLE OVER 90° AND ALMOST BOILING, IT IS FORCED THROUGH THE COFFEE AT A PRESSURE OF NINE ATMOSPHERES.

    The Good Heart (2009)

  • To make pasta, you should start with boiling water before adding the noodles.

  • I watched the boiling liquid bubble and foam as it reached its maximum temperature.

Synonyms

vaporization
vsboiling
  • Specialized
1 5.6

The change of a liquid or solid into a gas like water turning into steam

heating a liquid until it reaches a specific temperature and becomes gas

Antonyms

condensation
  • Specialized
15 3.1

Water that forms on a cold surface when warm air cools

solidification
  • Specialized
1 6.8

The change when a liquid or soft thing becomes hard, usually by cooling

Idioms

boiling mad
  • Informal
1 4.8

Feeling very angry

to keep the pot boiling
  • Informal
1 7.2

To make people stay interested and active in a project

frog in a boiling pot
  • Informal
1 9.3

A person who slowly fails to notice danger until it is too late

Compounds

boiling water
28 1.0

Water heated until it makes bubbles and steam

boiling point
  • Informal
9 4.4

A moment when anger or stress becomes so strong that someone shows it

boiling point
  • Specialized
4 3.4

The temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas at normal air pressure

boiling frog
  • Informal
1 9.3

A person or group that does not react to slow harmful changes until serious damage happens

boiling water reactor
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A machine in a nuclear power plant that boils water to make steam to turn a turbine

How Hot

to vaporize
  • US
10 5.3
boiling
  • Specialized
1 1.0
to heat
225 1.0
to warm
459 1.0

Surface Forms

boiling singular
boilings plural

Morphology

boiling = boil (transparent) = boil + ing

Straightforward gerund/nominal -ing from the verb 'boil' denoting the physical process of a liquid turning to gas.

Etymology

Boiling comes from the old verb boil, meaning 'to bubble', and it pictures a liquid full of bubbles and 'steam'. That image explains why boiling also names the process when a liquid gets so hot it 'turns into a gas'.