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Simmer

Simmer Meaning & Definition
Simmer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Simmer?

[n] temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours"
[v] boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water"

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See Also | boil | temperature

Simmer In Webster's Dictionary

\Sim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Simmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Simmering}.] [Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic word.] To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil. I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil. --Palsgrave.
\Sim"mer\, v. t. To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.

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