boiling

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Elsewhere, middle-class men, many of whom had rarely set foot inside a kitchen, hold impromptu classes where they instruct volunteers on boiling and cooking salt.

From BBC

Do not use boiling water to de-ice windscreens - hot water can crack the glass, and the water will only freeze again on the screen, or on the ground where you are standing.

From BBC

Under the right pressure conditions, ice can form at room temperature or even at temperatures higher than its usual boiling point.

From Science Daily

It can take quite a few years to get to to that boiling point.

From BBC

He’s always lived in Bedford Falls — er, Hill Valley — and while his puffy red vest gets him mistaken for a sailor, he behaves more like a frog in an already boiling pot.

From Los Angeles Times