reboils

Heats water twice

Reboils is the third-person singular present tense of reboil, meaning to boil again.

This applies literally to liquids that are heated to boiling a second time, as when reheating soup or tea, and to processes in chemistry or distillation where repeated boiling serves a purpose.

She reboils the water before steeping a fresh cup.

repetition

reheat

Make food steaming again

iteration · resumption · reoccurrence · cycle · repeat · redo

cooking

simmer

Cook just under boiling

stovetop · hotplate · broth · soup · stew · poach · blanch · reduce · reheating · leftovers

purification

distillation

Purification via vaporization

filtration · pasteurization · purification · decontamination · sanitization · water treatment · disinfection · impurities · potable · clarification

chemistry

reaction

Response to stimulus

  • catalystAgent enabling change
  • solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
  • soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent

concentration · dissolution · vaporization · reflux · apparatus · beaker · flask · laboratory · extraction · synthesis

Opposites
heating vs. cooling

reboilscools

Lowers in temperature

chills · refrigerates · freezes · cools down · ices

Family

reboil, preboil, reboiled, reboiling, preboiled, preboiling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G