boiling
boiling is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
- 2.Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bay
- boil
- bubble
- bubbly
- chloride
- cohobate
- cohobation
- cupellation
- distill
- distillation
- effervesce
- effervescence
- effervescent
- emit
- evaporable
- evaporate
- evaporation
- exhalation
- exhale
- finestill
- fume
- fumigate
- fumigation
- gaseous
- gasification
- mister
- reek
- render
- retort
- salt
- smoke
- sodium
- sparge
- spray
- steam
- still
- sublime
- transpire
- vapor
- vaporation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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