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81Boil-water advisory — A boil water advisory is a public health advisory given by government or health authorities to communities when a community s drinking water is, or could be, contaminated by pathogens.Under a boil water advisory, it is recommended that water be… …
82Boil The Ocean — To undertake an impossible task or project or to make a task or project unnecessarily difficult. Boiling the ocean generally means to go overboard. For example, a manager might be accused of trying to boil the ocean if he directed his employees… …
83boil away — PHR V ERG When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away, it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour. [V P n (not pron)] Remove the lid and boil away all the liquid... [V P] Check every 20 minutes that the water has not boiled… …
84boil down — PHR V ERG When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour. [V P n (not pron)] He boils down red wine and uses what s left... [V P] …
85boil off — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb 1. : to degum (silk) by boiling 2. : to remove (gum, sizing, wax, dye) from fabric by boiling in a solution * * * boil off To remove (impurities, etc) by boiling • • • …
86boil down — {v.} 1. To boil away some of the water from; make less by boiling. * /She boiled down the maple sap to a thick syrup./ * /The fruit juice boiled down until it was almost not good for jelly./ 2. To reduce the length of; cut down; shorten. * /The… …
87boil down — {v.} 1. To boil away some of the water from; make less by boiling. * /She boiled down the maple sap to a thick syrup./ * /The fruit juice boiled down until it was almost not good for jelly./ 2. To reduce the length of; cut down; shorten. * /The… …
88boil-off — /boyl awf , of /, n. 1. Rocketry. any vapor loss from the oxidizer or fuel in a rocket during countdown. 2. Also called boiling off /boy ling awf , of /. Textiles. a. the process of degumming silk. b. the process of removing sizing, wax,… …
89boil-over — /boyl oh veuhr/, n. Australian and New Zealand Slang. an unexpected result. [n. use of v. phrase boil over] * * * …
90boil order — noun An order that everyone in an area boil or otherwise sanitize water before using it for eating or for use with food …
