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boilable

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[boi-luh-buhl] / ˈbɔɪ lə bəl /

adjective

  1. suitable or recommended for boiling: boil: boiling.

    a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.

  2. (of sealed plastic bags or pouches) leakproof and immersible in boiling boil boiling water so as to cook or heat the contents.

    dinner entrées in boilable bags that are slit open and emptied for serving.

Etymology

Origin of boilable

First recorded in 1880–85; boil 1 + -able

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It was through her report�subsequently made public in the Journal of Diseases for Children�that the manufacturers changed their formulas, made powdered milk boilable.

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