Boil

"Boil" in Dutch

etterbuil

(accumulation of pus)

kook

(point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)

kookpunt

(point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour)

aan de kook brengen

((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

koken

((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

koken

(cook in boiling water)

koken

((intransitive) begin to turn into a gas)

stikken

(colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot)

zieden

((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

zooien

((transitive) heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas)

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