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bile

The correct spelling is bile.

How to pronounce bile

noun

IPA: /baɪl/

Say it like: Bil-e

The correct spelling is bile. A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. For example: "Boil some water in a pan."

Usage Examples

Boil some water in a pan.

Boil the eggs for three minutes.

Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
  2. 2.Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
  3. 3.Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
  4. 4.A boil (kind of swelling).

verb

  1. 1.(of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
  2. 2.To cook in boiling water.
  3. 3.(of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
  4. 4.To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
  5. 5.(used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.

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