Boyle

American  

[boil] / bɔɪl /

noun

1. Kay, 1903–1993, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.

2. Robert, 1627–91, English chemist and physicist.

3. T. Coraghessan born 1948, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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Boyle British  

/ bɔɪl /

noun

1. Robert . 1627–91, Irish scientist who helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy. He established that air has weight and studied the behaviour of gases; author of The Sceptical Chymist (1661)

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Boyle Scientific  

/ boil /

1. English physicist and chemist who is regarded as a founder of modern chemistry. Boyle rejected the traditional theory that all matter was composed of four elements and defined an element as a substance that cannot be reduced to other, simpler substances or produced by combining simpler substances. Boyle also conducted important physics experiments with Robert Hooke that led to the development of Boyle's law.

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Example Sentences

But auditor general Stephen Boyle warned a lack of evaluation and public reporting meant it was difficult to know what was and what wasn't working.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“I do think you have places to hide in 2026,” says Joe Boyle, head of asset class specialists at Hartford Funds.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The 94-year-old edifice, looming majestically over Boyle Heights, stopped taking patients nearly two decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Judge Jane J. Boyle wrote in dismissing that case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Boyle and Newton believed in the transmutation of base metals into gold; but they were excellent judges when dealing with other empirical questions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton