Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun simmering

1 sense of simmering

Sense 1
boiling, stewing, simmering -- (cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil)
       => cooking, cookery, preparation -- (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb simmer

1 sense of simmer

Sense 1
simmer -- (boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water")
       => boil -- (immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool")