(of water etc) at a temperature when bubbles form
very hot
Cases of word usage
1) a ball formed of liquid and containing air or gas, e.g. one that forms in boiling water (bubble)
2) to cook, be cooked, in boiling fat; (of a person) to feel hot, become burned, in the sun (fry)
3) a clear, tasteless substance, made by boiling bones etc, used to make food set like a jelly (gelatin)
4) a pot with a lid, spout and a handle, used for boiling water (kettle)
5) flour paste (pasta) made into hollow tubes, cooked by boiling (macaroni)
6) to cook (an egg) by cracking the shell and dropping the contents into boiling water; (to go on private land and) take (animals, fish etc) illegally (poach)
7) a kind of soft food made by boiling oatmeal in water or milk (porridge)
8) flour paste (pasta) in narrow rods, cooked by boiling (spaghetti)
9) the gas that rises from boiling water (steam)
10) the thick sweet liquid made from sugar-cane juice or by boiling sugar with water (syrup)