boiling pointnoun
uk/ˈbɔɪ.lɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/us/ˈbɔɪ.lɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/boiling point noun (LIQUID)
[ S or C ] The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it becomes a gas:
The boiling point of water is 100°C.
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Measurements of temperature
- absolute zero
- C, c
- Celsius
- dewpoint
- eighties
- F, f
- Fahrenheit
- fifties
- forties
- K, k
- kelvin
- mark
- nineties
- point
- seventies
- temperature
- thermo-
- thirties
- zero
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boiling point noun (OUT OF CONTROL)
[ S ] the point when a situation is about to get out of control and become violent:
UK The situation in the inner city was reaching/at boiling point, so the police were out in force.
US The situation in the inner city was reaching/at the boiling point, so the police were out in force.
[ S ] the stage at which someone is about to become very angry
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Turning points & deciding moments
- be at a crossroads idiom
- breakthrough
- brink
- climax
- coming of age
- crunch
- defining moment
- edge
- if/when it comes to the crunch idiom
- landmark
- make-or-break
- milestone
- red-letter day
- road
- road to Damascus idiom
- the moment of truth idiom
- turning point
- U-turn
- volte-face
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Anger and displeasure