fried egg
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- noun
- /fraɪd ɛg/
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huevo frito
- "The girl set a plate of fried eggs, tortillas, and peppers in front of the colonel and asked if Tomas wanted something."
- fried egg sandwich
- fried egg and bacon
- breakfast with fried egg
And just like that you have a beautiful fried egg with scallions married into it.
- And just like that you have a beautiful fried egg with scallions married into it.
- Like like an egg, egg toast, toast with egg on it, fried egg on toast, fried egg on toast.
- I don't know if you know this, but a million years ago I bought this T-shirt that had little fried eggs screen printed all over it.
Examples
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Another yummy recipe to enjoy is fried eggs with white truffles.
Blog text (7) -
My daughter came home from school last Thursday wanting a fried egg for her after-school snack.
Blog text (23) -
One coffee, one order of fried eggs.
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Did you order a fried egg sandwich?
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Too many fried eggs, I'm afraid.
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"About that time, I get up and make myself a couple of fried eggs with sausage."
Fiction book (1993) -
Corned beef hash, fried eggs.
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Momma ordered a fried egg sandwich because she said there wasn't anything bad.
Fiction book (1990) -
Fried egg sandwich.
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For breakfast, I usually enjoy a plate of crispy bacon and two fried eggs.
Antonyms
How Cooked
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an egg cooked by frying' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'fried' (prepared by frying) with 'egg' (the food item). This is a literal adjective + noun composition following common cross-linguistic culinary naming patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will immediately understand it.
Etymology
The compound noun fried egg gives a clear picture: an egg cooked in a hot pan so the white becomes firm while the yolk stays whole. The word fried comes from the verb 'to fry', meaning 'to cook in hot oil', so fried egg simply means an egg cooked in oil or butter.