English Explanatory Dictionary

boil down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reduce in volume by boiling.
  2. To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).
  3. To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).

Word forms

boil down boils down boiling down boiled down

Etymology

As an allusion to the technique of reduction or decreasing liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.

Synonyms

come down to

Related words

boil off

Translations

Catalan: reduir German: einkochen Italian: condensare Italian: ridurre Italian: semplificare Korean: 조리다 Polish: sprowadzać do Polish: sprowadzić do Portuguese: condensar Portuguese: resumir Portuguese: simplificar Russian: сжать Russian: свести́ Spanish: reducir
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