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Definition of Boil down

1. Verb. Be the essential element. "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

2. Verb. Be cooked until very little liquid is left. "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

3. Verb. Cook until very little liquid is left. "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

Definition of Boil down

1. Verb. (intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core(,) or implication for action). ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core(,) or implication for action). ¹

3. Verb. (transitive and intransitive) (&lit boil down) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boil Down

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boikin boikins boil boil-wash boil down (current term) boil off boil order boil orders boil over boil smut

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Literary usage of Boil down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary: Embracing the Terminology of by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"boil down to a pint, and strain. ... Then, hiving poured on it four pints of boiling water, boil down to two pints, and strain. ..."

2. The Materia medica of the Hindus: Compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works by Udoy Chand Dutt (1877)
"boil down to one- fourth. It is said to be useful in fevers caused by deranged air and bile. Practically it is found very useful in chronic fevers» which ..."

3. A Classical Technology by John Miller Burnam (1920)
"HOW TO MAKE DYE (713 D) Composition for dye: take the cleanest lacquer one pound and boil down with skimmed urine five pounds and heat it cleanly, ..."

4. The Canadian Settler's Guide by Catherine Parr Strickland Traill (1857)
"Take three pails of cider, and boil down into one; have ready a quantity of sweet apples pared, and quartered, with the peel of one or two lemons ; throw ..."

5. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"boil down to one-half, strain, and add .Sulphuric ether, one to two drachms. Syrup of orange peel, ... Mix, and boil down to two pints, and strain. Land. ..."

6. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"... boil in £ pint of the water for a LITTLE time, throw this away, pour on the remaining 4 pints, boiling hot, boil down to 1 quart, and strain. ..."

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