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ebullitions

ebullitions is the plural of ebullition.

Meaning of ebullition

Noun

ebullition (countable and uncountable, plural ebullitions)

  1. The act of boiling.
    • It overflows at one point and forms a little stream of hot water, which at a hundred yards' distance is still too hot to hold the hand in. A little further on, in a piece of rough wood, were two other springs not so regular in outline, but appearing to be much hotter, as they were in a continual...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 406
    Synonyms:
    ebullience
  2. A sudden emotional outburst.
    • His threats—his severe exclamations were but ebullitions of keen vexation, of agony of mind.1807, [Miss Guion], chapter VII, in The Three Germans. Mysteries Exemplified in the Life of Holstein of Lutztein. A German Romance. […], volume III, London: […] J[ames] F[letcher] Hughes, […], →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    ebullience

Questions about ebullitions

What is ebullitions the plural of?
Ebullitions is the plural of ebullition.

Words near ebullitions in the dictionary

  1. ebullioscopical
  2. ebullioscopically
  3. ebullioscopy
  4. ebullism
  5. ebullition
  6. ebullitions
  7. ebullitive
  8. eburicol
  9. eburnamine
  10. eburnamines
  11. eburnamonine

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