overboiling
Liquid escaping pot
Overboiling is boiling too long or too vigorously.
Pasta overboils into mush.
Milk overboils when it foams up and spills over the pot's edge.
The soup overboiled and made a mess on the stove.
The word can describe either excessive duration or excessive intensity of boiling.
Excess that escapes
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- splatterScatter in drops
- cleanupRestoration of order
- stovetopBurner platform for cooking
saucepan · sticky · scalded · burnt · soiled · grimy · grease · stain
Thing diverting one's attention
- inattentionLack of focus
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
absentmindedness · unattended · unwatched · timer · multitasking · busy · forgotten · unmonitored
Soft or saccharine
- disintegratedBroke into parts
- inedibleUnfit for consumption
- unpalatableUnpleasant to taste
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
waterlogged · tasteless · degraded · compromised · botched · unsalvageable · destroyed · wrecked
State of being bothered
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- impatienceIntolerance of delay
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
displeasure · fuming · steaming · aggravation · sigh · cursing · flustered
Clear essential liquid
- energyPower to do work
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- timeMeasured passage of moments
food · ingredients · inefficiency · evaporation · depletion · loss · unnecessary
spillover
Excess that escapes
stovetop · saucepan · sticky · scalded · burnt · soiled · grimy · grease · stain · suds
distraction
Thing diverting one's attention
- inattentionLack of focus
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
neglect · absentmindedness · unattended · unwatched · timer · multitasking · busy · forgotten · unmonitored · heedlessness
mushy
Soft or saccharine
- disintegratedBroke into parts
- inedibleUnfit for consumption
- unpalatableUnpleasant to taste
spoiled · waterlogged · tasteless · degraded · compromised · botched · unsalvageable · destroyed · wrecked · pasta
annoyance
State of being bothered
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- impatienceIntolerance of delay
vexation · displeasure · fuming · steaming · aggravation · sigh · cursing · flustered
water
Clear essential liquid
- energyPower to do work
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
time · food · ingredients · inefficiency · evaporation · depletion · loss · unnecessary
overboilingsimmering
Cooking below boiling point
gentle simmer · underheating · poaching · tepid · undercooking
boil, boiling, boiled, ebullient, boils, overcooked, overcook, overboil, overcooking