boil_down has definitions from the field of food
1
[ verb ] be the essential element

Synonyms

reduce come_down

Examples

"The proposal boils down to a compromise"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

This is an issue which boils_down to a matter of opinion , depending_on whether you 're an American or National fan and anti or pro Yankee .

Related terms

become

2
[ verb ] (food) be cooked until very little is left; as of sauces

Examples

"The sauce should reduce to one cup"

Related terms

decrease cooking concentrate

3
[ verb ] (food) cook until very little liquid is left, as of sauces

Synonyms

concentrate reduce

Examples

"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

Related terms

decrease cooking concentrate

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