boil over

boiling over; boiled over; boils over

Definitions of boil over
  1. verb
    overflow or cause to overflow while boiling
    “The milk is boiling over”
    synonyms: overboil
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    type of:
    boil
    come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
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