to boil an egg hard
1Egg (food) — Chicken egg redirects here. For the causality dilemma, see Chicken or the egg. On the left a chicken egg, the egg most commonly e …
2boil — I n. state of boiling 1) to bring to a boil (bring the milk to a boil) 2) to come to a boil (the water must first come to a boil) II v. 1) to boil gently; hard 2) (C) he boiled an egg for her; or: he boiled her an egg 3) (D; intr.) to boil with… …
3hard-boil — /ˈhad bɔɪl/ (say hahd boyl) verb (t) to boil an egg until it is hard throughout …
4hard-boil — /hahrd boyl /, v.t. to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid. [1890 95] * * * …
5egg — I n. 1) to hatch; incubate; lay eggs 2) to beat (AE), whisk (BE); boil; fry; poach an egg 3) to candle eggs 4) an addled, bad, rotten egg; boiled; devilled; fried; hard boiled; poached; raw; Scotch (BE); scrambled; soft boiled eggs 5) (misc.) a… …
6egg — noun 1 of birds/as food ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ bad, rotten ▪ free range, organic ▪ chicken, duck …
7hard-boil — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: back formation from hard boiled : to cook an (egg) until hard boiled …
8hard-boil — transitive verb Etymology: back formation from hard boiled Date: 1895 to cook (an egg) in the shell until both white and yolk have solidified …
9Boiled 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… …
10Easter egg — Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with… …
