boilover
English
noun
Definitions
- A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.
Etymology
Compound from English boil + English over (shore, riverbank).
Origin
English
over
Gloss
shore, riverbank
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aboil English
- all-over English
- allover English
- arcover English
- backover English
- boil English
- boilability English
- boilable English
- boildown English
- boiler English
- boilest English
- boileth English
- boilie English
- boiling English
- boiloff English
- cabover English
- carryover English
- changeover English
- coilover English
- combover English
- comeover English
- cutover English
- emboil English
- failover English
- flashover English
- flopover English
- foldover English
- glue-boiler English
- gumboil English
- hangover English
- kickover English
- layover English
- liftover English
- lookover English
- moreover English
- mouseover English
- over English
- over-industrious English
- overage English
- overall English
- overboil English
- overfrank English
- overheight English
- overish English
- overland English
- overleaf English
- overlength English
- overling English
- overloading English
- overly English
- overmore English
- overmost English
- overness English
- overnight English
- overpopulate English
- overrobe English
- oversea English
- overside English
- oversman English
- oversocks English
- overwidth English
- paintover English
- preboil English
- pushover English
- reboil English
- rockover English
- rollover English
- sleepover English
- slipover English
- spillover English
- standover English
- stayover English
- stepover English
- stopover English
- strikeover English
- switchover English
- takeover English
- thereover English
- turnover English
- typeover English
- unboil English
- underboil English
- upboil English
- voice-over English
- walkover English
- washover English
- whereover English
- wingover English
- winterover English
- workover English
- wrapover English
- yarnover English
- オーバー Japanese
- bile Middle English
- over Middle English
- करो Hindi
- เว่อร์ Thai
- 煲 Chinese
- abra Sranan Tongo
- bori Sranan Tongo
- boil karo Fiji Hindi
- boil
- over
- aboil
- unboil
- overly
- reboil
- upboil
- emboil
- boiler
- boilie
- boileth
- preboil
- gumboil
- overage
- arcover
- cabover
- boiloff
- layover
- boilest
- overish
- oversea
- boiling
- cutover
- allover
- overall
- moreover
- lookover
- overboil
- foldover
- boilable
- flopover
- slipover
- overness
- all-over
- overrobe
- yarnover
- takeover
- overland
- stepover
- washover
- wrapover
- workover
- rockover
- liftover
- failover
- overleaf
- stayover
- boildown
- wingover
- coilover
- overmost
- kickover
- backover
- hangover
- oversman
- combover
- turnover
- overling
- overside
- typeover
- walkover
- comeover
- rollover
- overmore
- pushover
- stopover
- thereover
- whereover
- paintover
- oversocks
- underboil
- carryover
- overnight
- mouseover
- overfrank
- spillover
- flashover
- overwidth
- sleepover
- standover
- strikeover
- overheight
- changeover
- winterover
- overlength
- switchover
- voice-over
- overloading
- glue-boiler
- boilability
- overpopulate
- over-industrious