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boil away

boil a·way
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [boil uh-wey]
    • /bɔɪl əˈweɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [boil uh-wey]
    • /bɔɪl əˈweɪ/

Definitions of boil away words

  • ergativephrasal verb boil away When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away, it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour. 3
  • verb boil away to cause (liquid) to evaporate completely by boiling or (of liquid) to evaporate completely 3
  • noun boil away to evaporate as a result of boiling 3

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Parts of speech for Boil away

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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boil away popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for boil away

verb boil away

  • dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
  • vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
  • clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
  • desiccate — to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
  • parch — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.

Antonyms for boil away

verb boil away

  • moisten — Wet slightly.
  • wet — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
  • accumulate — When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
  • garner — to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
  • collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.

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