BOIL OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boil over mean? 

• BOIL OVER (verb)
  The verb BOIL OVER has 1 sense:

1. overflow or cause to overflow while boiling

  Familiarity information: BOIL OVER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOIL OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overflow or cause to overflow while boiling

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

boil over; overboil

Context example:

The milk is boiling over

Hypernyms (to "boil over" is one way to...):

boil (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s