boiling : Idioms & Phrases

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Boiling point

  • noun the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
    boil.
    • they brought the water to a boil
  • noun being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over
    • after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point
WordNet
  • the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 ° Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96°; for ether, 94.8°; for mercury, about 675°. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above the level of the sea.
Webster 1913

Boiling spring

  • a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser.
Webster 1913

To be at the boiling point

  • to be very angry.
Webster 1913

To keep the pot boiling

  • to keep going on actively, as in certain games. Colloq.
Webster 1913