Overboil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overboil is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To boil excessively.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To boil excessively.
Example Sentences
If you overboil an egg, you'll end up with a hardboiled egg instead of the softboiled egg that you wanted; and if you underboil an egg, you'll end up with a softboiled egg instead of the hardboiled egg that you wanted.
Word Forms
- overboils
- overboiling
- overboiled
Antonyms for overboil
Common opposites include underboil.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overbroil, overheat, overcook, overdo, seethe, overburn.
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