Boiled

  • 81soft-boiled — adj an egg that is soft boiled is boiled long enough for the white part to become solid, but the yellow part in the centre is still liquid →↑hard boiled …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 82hard-boiled — hard′ boiled′ adj. 1) coo (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify 2) inf unsentimental or realistic; tough: a hard boiled detective[/ex] • Etymology: 1715–25 hard′ boiled′ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 83hard-boiled — adj. 1. same as {hard bitten}. Syn: hard bitten, pugnacious. [WordNet 1.5] 2. emotionally hardened; used of persons. Syn: callous, case hardened, hardened. [WordNet 1.5] 3. cooked until the yolk is solid; used of eggs; as, a breakfast of pancakes …

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  • 84Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) — Infobox Painting| backcolor=#FBF5DF painting alignment=right image size=300px title=Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) artist=Salvador Dalí year=1936 type=Oil on canvas height=100 width=99 height inch=39 5/16 width… …

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  • 85And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks — infobox Book | name = And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks title orig = translator = image caption = author = Jack Kerouac William S. Burroughs illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Mystery… …

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  • 86Hard Boiled Angel — Infobox manhwa imagesize= caption = ko hangul = romanized = genre = Crime, Psychological Crime = y author = Lee Hyun se publisher = publisher en = flagicon|USA Central Park Media publisher other = demographic = magazine = first = last = volumes …

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  • 87Instant-boiled mutton — (Chinese: 涮羊肉; Pinyin: Shuàn Yángròu) is a very popular Chinese hot pot dish. Eating methodIn China, when having instant boiled mutton, people put a hot pot filled with water at the middle of a table. Normally food materials boiled in the pot… …

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  • 88Hard Boiled (bande dessinee) — Hard Boiled (bande dessinée) Hard Boiled est une série de bande dessinée. Scénario : Frank Miller Dessins : Geof Darrow Couleurs : Claude Legris Albums Tome 1 (1990) Tome 2 (1992) Édition intégrale (1995) ISBN 2 84055 052 0… …

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  • 89Hard boiled (bande dessinée) — Hard Boiled est une série de bande dessinée. Scénario : Frank Miller Dessins : Geof Darrow Couleurs : Claude Legris Albums Tome 1 (1990) Tome 2 (1992) Édition intégrale (1995) ISBN 2 84055 052 0 Publication Éditeurs Delcourt… …

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  • 90soft-boiled — [ ,sɔft bɔıld ] adjective a soft boiled egg is cooked for a short time, so that the yellow part is still soft or liquid ─ compare HARD BOILED …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English