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TO BOIL DOWN

Definition: TO BOIL DOWN

TO BOIL DOWN

1. To reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: TO BOIL DOWN

DomainDefinitions

Chemistry

To concentrate by evaporation of the solvent(1). Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: TO BOIL DOWN

Specialty definitions using "TO BOIL DOWN": SACHARUM OFFICINALE. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO BOIL DOWN

Language Translations for "TO BOIL DOWN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

indampen (evaporate). (various references)

   

French

  

concentrer par évaporation (to concentrate by evaporation, to inspissate). (various references)

   

German

  

einengen (constrict, curb, frustrate, hedge about, hedge around, hem in, narrow down, pinch, restrict, to constrict), eindampfen (evaporation, to concentrate by evaporation, to inspissate). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tömören összefoglal (epitomize), sűrít (to compact, to compress, to concentrate, to condense, to engross, to evaporate down, to solidify, to thicken), röviden összefoglal (precis, recapitulate, to précis, to recap, to recapitulate), lepárol (decoct, pan, to carbozine, to extract, to pan, to rectify, to still), bepárol (to evaporate down). (various references)

   

Italian

  

concentrare per evaporazione (to concentrate by evaporation, to inspissate). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

煎りつく (to be scorched), 煎る (to broil, to fire, to fry, to parch, to roast), 煎じ詰める (to condense), 煮詰める (to concentrate), 煮"める , 煮出す (to extract), 煮つめる (to concentrate), 縮める (to reduce, to shorten, to shrink). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

にしめる, につめる (to concentrate), に す (to extract), せ"じつめる (to condense), いりつく (to be scorched), いる (to be, to broil, to cast, to coin, to come in, to exist, to fire, to flow into, to fry, to get in, to go in, to mint, to need, to parch, to roast, to set, to set in, to shoot), ちぢめる (to reduce, to shorten, to shrink). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay oilbay ownday

   

Spanish

  

concentrar por evaporación (to concentrate by evaporation, to inspissate). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TO BOIL DOWN

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

decoquo. (various references)

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Anagrams: TO BOIL DOWN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-i-l-n-o-o-o-t-w"

-2 letters: diobolon.

-3 letters: woodbin, woodlot.

-4 letters: bonito, diobol, doblon, lotion.

-5 letters: biont, blind, blond, blood, blown, indol, indow, oboli, ootid, tondi, tondo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO BOIL DOWN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      42 4F 49 4C      44 4F 57 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01001111 01001001 01001100 00100000 01000100 01001111 01010111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#66 &#79 &#73 &#76 &#32 &#68 &#79 &#87 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0042 004F 0049 004C      0044 004F 0057 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449236494346238495748

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Non-English Dictionaries with "TO BOIL DOWN"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatienéerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, holandés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, DefinitionDuitse, allemand, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemán

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításHongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, húngaro

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitalien, italienisch, olasz, italiano

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonés

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょJaponais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonés

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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