boil
a verb which indicates one of the fundamental cooking operations, familiar in every kitchen. Water, at sea level, boils at 100 °C (212 °F). That is not a coincidence. The centigrade scale was established by defining the freezing point of water as 0° and its boiling point, when it turns to steam, as 100° (... ...
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