boil-off

[ boil-awf, -of ]

/ ˈbɔɪlˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

Rocketry. any vapor loss from the oxidizer or fuel in a rocket during countdown.

Also called boil·ing-off

[boi-ling-awf, -of]. /ˈbɔɪ lɪŋˈɔf, -ˈɒf/. Textiles.

the process of degumming silk.
the process of removing sizing, wax, impurities, etc., from fabric by scouring.

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Origin of boil-off

First recorded in 1955–60; noun use of verb phrase boil off

Words nearby boil-off

boiler suit, boil-in-bag, boiling, boiling point, boiling-water reactor, boil-off, boilover, boil up, boink, Boisbriand, bois brûlé

How to use boil-off in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
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Still he hung on, drawing himself upward to hook a leg over the very pipe that threatened to boil him alive.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
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In favorable parts of the trail he must do better than that, to off-set losses of time where the going was most difficult.
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When the Cave-men first learned to boil water, do you think they would think of boiling food?
The Later Cave-Men|Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

British Dictionary definitions for boil-off

boil off

verb

to remove or be removed (from) by boilingto boil off impurities

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