boiling
having reached the boiling point; steaming or bubbling up under the action of heat: boiling water.
fiercely churning or swirling: the boiling seas.
(of anger, rage, etc.) intense; fierce; heated.
to an extreme extent; very: August is usually boiling hot; boiling mad.
Origin of boiling
1Other words from boiling
- boil·ing·ly, adverb
- half-boiling, adjective
- non·boil·ing, adjective
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How to use boiling in a sentence
A salmon weighing ten pounds will require an hour and a half boiling; a head and shoulders weighing six pounds, one hour.
The Gastronomic Regenerator: | Alexis SoyerDissolve the chloride in half the water cold, and the sal soda in the other half boiling.
Foods and Household Management | Helen KinneScoop some potatoes round, half boiling them first, and put into it.
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; | Charlotte Campbell Bury
British Dictionary definitions for boiling
/ (ˈbɔɪlɪŋ) /
very warm: a boiling hot day
the whole boiling slang the whole lot
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