Usually means: Boiling liquid spills over container.
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  1. overboil: Merriam-Webster
  2. overboil: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Overboil, overboil: Dictionary.com
  7. Overboil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. overboil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. overboil: Rhymezone
  10. Overboil: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. overboil: FreeDictionary.org
  12. overboil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Overboil: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To boil excessively.

Similar:
boil over, overbroil, overheat, overcook, overdo, seethe, overburn, overroast, over-heat, overboast, more...

Opposite:
undercook, underboil, simmer

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Similar:
boil over, overbroil, overheat, overcook, overdo, seethe, overburn, overroast, over-heat, overboast, more...

Opposite:
undercook, underboil, simmer



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