0 The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it becomes a gas: --
1 the point when a situation is about to get out of control and become violent: --
2 the temperature at which a liquid becomes a gas: --
The boiling point of water is 212°F or 100°C.
They talk about revolution, being at boiling point, and setting up vigilante groups to take direct action.
Temperature in the teaching profession has reached boiling point.
We are paying too much for carrying on this particular policy of simply keeping enthusiasm at boiling point.
A situation may build up over a period of time and be about to reach boiling point.
I always thought that anti-freeze was put in, which alters the boiling point.
A new relationship for the melting point, the boiling point and the critical point of metallic elements.
The bottle was shaken vigorously and then the solution was again heated to boiling point.
A 54-ml mixture of methanol and chloroform (1:2 by volume), heated to boiling point, was used as the solvent.