boiling+over

  • 21boil over — {v. phr.} 1. To rise due to boiling and overflow down the sides of a pan or a pot. * / Watch out! Jane cried. The milk is boiling over on the stove! / 2. To become enraged to the point of being unable to contain oneself. * /John took a lot of… …

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  • 22ˌboil ˈover — phrasal verb 1) to flow over the top of a container while boiling 2) if a situation or feeling boils over, people cannot control their anger and start to fight or argue Racial tensions in the area were boiling over.[/ex] …

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  • 23boil\ over — v. phr. 1. To rise due to boiling and overflow down the sides of a pan or a pot. Watch out! Jane cried. the milk is boiling over on the stove! 2. To become enraged to the point of being unable to contain oneself. John took a lot of abuse from his …

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  • 24boil over — verb overflow or cause to overflow while boiling The milk is boiling over • Syn: ↑overboil • Hypernyms: ↑boil • Verb Frames: Something s …

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  • 25Cover-over subsidies — are annual payments from the U.S. government to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico out of federal excise taxes.[1][2] For example, when a bottle of rum is produced in either the Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico, and then sold in the United… …

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  • 26Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee — Infobox Settlement official name = Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of RedBoilingSprings, TN mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision… …

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  • 27To boil over — Boil Boil (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boiled} (boild); p. pr. & vb. n. {Boiling}.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F. bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. {Bull} an edict,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Advanced Boiling Water Reactor — The Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) is a Generation III reactor boiling water reactor. The ABWR was designed by General Electric. The standard ABWR plant design has a net output of about 1350 MWe, however General Electric Hitachi (GEH)has… …

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  • 29Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor — The reactor formally known as Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) is a passively safe generation III+ reactor which builds on the success of the ABWR. Both are designs by General Electric, and are based on their BWR design.The ESBWR …

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  • 30boil over — intransitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to overflow while boiling or during boiling 2. to become so incensed as to lose one s temper • boilover noun …

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