boiled shirt noun

A dress shirt

boiled sweet noun

A sweet of boiled sugar, flavouring, and often colouring

boilˈermaker noun

1. An industrial metalworker
2. A drink consisting of whisky with a beer chaser (N Am sl)

boilˈerplate noun

1. Steel plate suitable for making boilers
2. Cliche-ridden writing (N American)
3. (items of) standard formulaic text

adjective

Formulaic or stereotypical

boiler room noun

1. A room in a building or ship that houses a boiler
2. A site of strenuous and important effort (figurative)
3. An operation involving the fraudulent sale by a broker to investors of shares that are overpriced or worthless (stock exchange)

boiler suit noun

A one-piece overall with trousers, and usu long sleeves

boiling point noun

1. The temperature at which a liquid, esp water, boils, esp at atmospheric pressure
2. The point of emotion, esp anger, where control is lost

boiling-water reactor noun

A light-water reactor in which steam drives the turbines directly (see also light-water reactor under light², pressurized water reactor under pressure)

boilˈover noun (Aust inf)

A surprising result, esp in a sporting event

boil away

To evaporate (completely) by boiling

boil down

1. To reduce in bulk by boiling
2. To extract the substance of (lit and figurative)

boil down to (figurative)

To mean, to signify when reduced to essentials

boil off

To remove (impurities, etc) by boiling

boil over

1. To bubble over the sides of the containing vessel
2. To break out into unrestrained indignation

come to the boil

1. To reach boiling point
2. To reach a critical state

go off the boil

1. To stop boiling, fall below boiling point
2. To subside from an active or critical state

on the boil

1. Boiling
2. Active

shirt /shûrt/

noun

1. A loose sleeved garment, esp for men, covering the upper part of the body, typically with a fitted collar and cuffs
2. A woman's blouse of similar form
3. An undershirt
4. A nightshirt
5. A close covering

transitive verb (now rare)

To put a shirt on

shirtˈing noun

Cloth for shirts

shirtˈless adjective

shirtˈband noun

The neckband of a shirt

shirt button noun

shirt dress noun

1. A straight dress with a collar like a shirt's, resembling an elongated shirt
2. A shirtwaister (US)

shirt frill noun

A frill on the breast of a shirt

shirt front noun

The breast of a shirt, esp a starched false one, a dickey

shirtˈlifter noun (derog sl)

A male homosexual

shirt pin noun

An ornamental pin fastening a shirt at the neck

shirtˈsleeve noun

shirtˈsleeved adjective

shirt stud noun

A decorative stud used to fasten a formal shirt

shirt tail noun

The longer flap at the back of a shirt

shirtˈwaist noun (US)

A woman's blouse

shirtˈwaister noun

A tailored dress with a shirtwaist top

Black Shirt or Blackˈshirt

A fascist

boiled shirt

A white shirt (with starched front)

Brown Shirt or Brownˈshirt

A Nazi

get or have one's (or someone's) shirt out (old slang)

To become (or make someone else) angry (from the dishevelment of uncontrolled rage)

in one's shirt

Wearing nothing but a shirt, or nothing over the shirt

in one's shirtsleeves

With one's jacket or jersey off

keep one's shirt on

To keep calm

lose one's shirt

To lose all one has

put one's shirt on

To bet all one has on

Red Shirt

A follower of Garibaldi