How do you use the word "boil" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "boil": I'll boil you the beans. Money will make the pot boil.

Boil Meaning

/bɔɪ(ə)l/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

nounThe point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.

Sentence Examples

I'll boil you the beans.

Money will make the pot boil.

Parents who beat their children really make my blood boil.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

None

Antonyms:

freeze

CEFR Practice Quiz

You need to ____ the water for at least ten minutes before adding the pasta.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

You need to ____ the water before you add the dry pasta to it today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English bile, büle (“boil, tumor”), from Old English bȳl, bȳle (“boil, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *būlijō, *būlō (“boil”). Akin to Dutch buil (“boil, swelling”), German Beule (“boil, hump”), Icelandic beyla (“swelling, hump”). The expected form is bile; the rounding of the diphthong could be caused by the initial b- and/or by association with etymology 2.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"This is Brad's classic shrimp boil—a recipe he makes for every tailgate party. Brad demands, “Don't use utensils!” INGREDIENTS: Two 6-ounce boxes Old Bay crab/shrimp boil seasoning[…]" — 2007 January 30, Angela Skinner, Race Day Grub: Recipes from the NASCAR Family, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 65:

"CRAWFISH BOIL EN GELÉE (TERRINE OF CRAWFISH) […] For a typical Louisiana shrimp boil, use the recipe for Crawfish Boil (page 28), substituting shrimp for the crawfish […]" — 2009 September 29, John Besh, My New Orleans: The Cookbook, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, pages 28, 30, 123:

"Men and boys also learn to cook at the public and semipublic food events at which men are the primary cooks. These include crawfish and seafood boils, family boucheries, and community festivals. For example, at one crab boil I attended, a grandfather and his eight-year-old grandson cooked the second batch of crabs […]. The advent of crawfish farming has expanded the availability of live crawfish beyond the old seasonal limits just described, but few Cajuns in St. Martin Parish have crawfish boils, or eat crawfish in any form, out of season." — 1992, C. Paige Gutierrez, Cajun Foodways, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 89:

"The whole live crawfish typically are consumed at home and at crawfish boils and other social events where the crawfish is boiled[…]" — 1996, United States International Trade Commission, Crawfish Tail Meat from China, page 5:

"I met him and his wife, Diane, at a shrimp boil I'd been invited to by another ex-trawler named Lindel." — 2012 November 20, Jill Ann Harrison, Buoyancy on the Bayou: Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 89:

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