BOILING WATER collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of boiling and water
boiling
adjective
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/ˈbɔɪ.lɪŋ/us
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/ˈbɔɪ.lɪŋ/
water
noun
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/ˈwɔː.tər/us
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/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
Examples of boiling water
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The samples were placed in a boiling water bath for 10 min and then placed on ice.
In this example, the sign of (4) is positive for filtering and negative for boiling water and buying bottled water.
These empirical results indicate that boiling water has the characteristics of an 'inferior' good.
Apart from using cold water, some colours, such as black, can only be obtained by dyeing in boiling water.
It was not the ability to carry a hot iron unflinching or to plunge an arm into boiling water for the prescribed time that decided the issue.
It seems that the length of exposure to boiling water is very critical and probably depends on the size and hardness of the seed.
Three replications of 25 seeds each were: (1) mechanically scarified; (2) dipped in boiling water for 5 s; or (3) not treated (control).
To perform this experiment, a mature caterpillar tied to a thread was dipped in boiling water.
She added the boiling water.
This issue is discussed in more detail in section 4 in relation to boiling water.
Often, both processes are used; first, acetic acid, then boiling water, to ensure the bleaching process is stopped.
The patient was the cook, a boy of thirteen who had been scalded by boiling water.
The collected tissue specimens at necropsy were dipped into boiling water for 3 sec to disinfect possible contamination of the surface.
One-year-old non-scarified seeds germinated to only 0-1% over a range of temperature regimes, whereas seeds dipped in boiling water germinated to 97-100%.
Boiling water is, therefore, generally thought of as the most effective treatment for infectious pathogens.
The sheet is cut into strips, which are put in boiling water till soft, and then tied round a bottle till they set.
In the experiments on dormancy break described above, we noticed that mechanically scarified seeds germinated faster than those dry heated or dipped in boiling water.
For example, there is the issue of 'joint production' when boiling water; that is people boil water because of health concerns but also for drinking tea and 'compote'.
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