how to pronounce boil

/bɔɪl/

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boil is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of boil in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… surround it when you boil it down what …”

meaning of boil

Boil means to cook food in boiling water.

boil frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word boil occurs in english on average 8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.