boiled egg

boiled egg
An egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water. It can be hard-boiled or soft-boiled.

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  • Boiled egg — Boiled eggs are eggs (typically chicken s eggs) cooked by immersion in boiling water with their shells unbroken. Eggs cooked in water without their shells are known as poached eggs. Hard boiled eggs are boiled long enough for both the egg yolk… …   Wikipedia

  • boiled egg — noun egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water • Syn: ↑coddled egg • Hypernyms: ↑dish • Hyponyms: ↑hard boiled egg, ↑hard cooked egg …   Useful english dictionary

  • boiled egg — egg which has been cooked in boiled water …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hard-boiled egg — noun an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify • Syn: ↑hard cooked egg • Hypernyms: ↑boiled egg, ↑coddled egg • Hyponyms: ↑Easter egg …   Useful english dictionary

  • soft boiled egg — egg that is placed in hot water but removed before reaching an completely solid state; egg that is boiled to a soft consistency having the yolk still liquid …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hard boiled egg — egg that s been boiled until solid …   English contemporary dictionary

  • medium-boiled egg — egg boiled until the yolk is only partially cooked …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Egg in the basket — with a hat or lid This article is about the egg and toast dish. For the sausage dish, see Toad in the hole. Egg in the basket also known by many other names (see below) is an egg fried in a hole of a slice of bread.[1 …   Wikipedia

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  • hard boiled egg — яйцо вкрутую shell egg яйцо leaky egg яйцо тек fresh egg свежее яйцо long egg длинное яйцо whole egg цельное яйцо …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

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