Boil

Quick meaning: Boil is a noun meaning A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

Meaning

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

More Meanings

1. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
2. An instance of boiling.
3. A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
4. (US) A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.)
5. (transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
6. (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
7. (archaic) A bubbling.

Example Sentences

a down-home boil at the town hall

a down-home boil with plenty of crab

Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.

Surface water will do, but give it a good boil before drinking it.

Word Forms

• boils
• boiling
• boiled
• boilt

Synonyms for boil

Depending on context, synonyms include abscess, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule.

Antonyms for boil

Common opposites include condense, freeze.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include furuncle, seethe, churn, roil, moil, abscess.

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