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   Boil·ing

   /ˈboiliNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. at or near boiling point: "boiling water" Similar at boiling pointat 100 degrees Celsius/centigradesteamingbubblinggurglingevaporatingvery hotpiping (hot)red hotsizzlingOpposite coldfreezing
   • ▪ (of the weather or a place) extremely hot: "Saturday is forecast to be boiling and sunny" Similar very hotscorchingroastingbakingblisteringblazingswelteringparchingsearingbroilingsultrytorridsweatyovenlikeOpposite coldcool

   noun

   • 1. the action of bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapor.
   • ▪ the temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapor; boiling point: "reheat gently to just below boiling"

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