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boil |
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boil verb | noun
1 verb 1.•boil the potatoes:bring to a boil, simmer, parboil, poach | cook. 2.•the soup is boiling:simmer, bubble, stew. 3.•a huge cliff with the sea boiling below:churn, seethe, froth, foam | literary roil.▶noun •bring the stock to a boil:boiling point, rolling boil. PHRASES
boil something down •you have to boil down a lot of tomatoes to make just a few tablespoons of tomato paste:condense, reduce, concentrate, distill, thicken, compress.
boil down to •it all boils down to how much money you're willing to spend:come down to, amount to, add up to, be in essence.
2 noun •a boil on her neck:swelling, spot, pimple, blister, pustule, eruption, carbuncle, wen, abscess, ulcer | technical furuncle. |
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