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🍖 Boiled meat dish 🥘 Boiled (cooked)
bollito

bollito

7.7
Cooked in boiling water
  • adjective
  • Specialized
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  • On the menu, the word bollito indicated that the meat was boiled.

Examples

  • The restaurant served a traditional Italian dish of bollito beef with vegetables.

  • The chef prepared a delicious bollito dish for the guests.

  • She prefers her vegetables bollito rather than roasted or grilled.

  • Have you ever tried bollito beef?

  • She prefers her vegetables bollito rather than roasted or grilled.

  • The restaurant served a traditional Italian dish of bollito beef with vegetables.

  • On the menu, the word bollito indicated that the meat was boiled.

Synonyms

cooked
vsbollito
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Food that is heated until ready to eat

is made only by immersion in very hot water that bubbles
boiled
vsbollito
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Cooked in hot water or other hot liquid

is made only by immersion in very hot water that bubbles

Surface Forms

bollito positive

Etymology

Bollito comes from the Italian verb bollire, which means 'to boil' and is like the English word boil. So when food is described as bollito it means it was cooked by boiling.