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Boil - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Agitation, Autoclave, Bake, Barbecue, Blain, Blaze, Blister, Bloom, Blubber, Boiling, Bolt, Braise, Brew, Bristle |
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Boil can mean:
- to bring to the boiling point, at which a substance goes from the liquid to the gaseous phase.
- to cook in boiling water
- a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. The formal medical term is furuncle.
- to convert printed data (books, journals and so on) to digital format using a scanner. This use originates from the way that people use steam to melt glue which binds pages when they disassemble a book to scan.
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