Meaning of Boil | Babel Free
bɔɪ(ə)lDefinitions
- A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
- The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
- An instance of boiling.
- A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
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A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.) US
- The collective noun for a group of hawks.
- A bubbling.
Equivalents
Examples
“Add⟳ the noodles when the water comes to the boil.”
“Surface water will do, but give⟳ it a good boil before drinking it.”
“a down-home boil with plenty of crab”
“This is Brad's classic shrimp boil—a recipe he makes for every tailgate party. Brad demands, “Don't use⟳ utensils!” INGREDIENTS: Two 6-ounce boxes Old Bay crab/shrimp boil seasoning[…]”
“CRAWFISH BOIL EN GELÉE (TERRINE OF CRAWFISH) […] For a typical Louisiana shrimp boil, use⟳ the recipe for Crawfish Boil (page 28), substituting shrimp for the crawfish […]”
“a down-home boil at the town hall”
“Men and boys also learn⟳ to cook⟳ at the public and semipublic food events at which men are the primary cooks. These include⟳ crawfish and seafood boils, family boucheries, and community festivals. For example, at one crab boil I attended, a grandfather and his eight-year-old grandson cooked the second batch of crabs […]. The advent of crawfish farming has expanded the availability of live⟳ crawfish beyond the old seasonal limits just described, but few Cajuns in St. Martin Parish have⟳ crawfish boils, or eat⟳ crawfish in any form⟳, out of season.”
“The whole live⟳ crawfish typically are consumed at home and at crawfish boils and other social events where the crawfish is boiled[…]”
“I met him and his wife, Diane, at a shrimp boil I'd been invited to by another ex-trawler named Lindel.”
“I also felt the desire to be in a more intimate, familiar setting where we could choose⟳ whether or not to talk⟳ about our memories of 2005; I ended up spending the evening at a shrimp boil hosted by good friends.”
“When Mondale had run⟳ for president two summers before, for some reason⟳ he opened his campaign in Beaufort, at a shrimp boil in our new waterfront park⟳.”
“He swam to the place⟳ where Mary disappeared but there was neither boil nor gurgle on the water, nor even a bell of departing breath, to mark⟳ the place⟳ where his beloved had sunk.”
“The sea round them clouded and darkened, and then frizzed up in showers of tiny silver fish⟳, and over a space of five or six acres the cod began to leap⟳ like⟳ trout in May; while behind the cod three or four broad gray-backs broke the water into boils.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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