soft-boiled
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2.0
- adjective
- /sɔft bɔɪld/
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- He carefully cracked open the soft-boiled egg to reveal the runny yolk inside.
- soft-boiled egg
- soft-boiled eggs and toast
- soft-boiled eggs for breakfast
You want a soft boiled egg split in half on opposite sides.
- You want a soft boiled egg split in half on opposite sides.
- So the delicate part there, try and make a soft boiled egg and that way it stays nice and creamy.
Examples
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Think of a soft boiled egg, darling, three minutes, no more, no less and then you're ready to pour, have you got that?
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Clyde ordered himself a soft boiled egg off the a la carte menu.
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- Want some soft boiled eggs?
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You want a soft boiled egg split in half on opposite sides.
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We both dunk our bread in the soft-boiled egg yolk.
Fiction book (1995) -
My usual is two soft-boiled eggs, gluten toast and a glass of yogurt.
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The lettuce wedge with green goddess dressing and soft-boiled egg was delicious.
Blog text (14) -
Top the mound of noodles with the soft-boiled egg and garnish with the onion.
Blog text (25) -
Her ability to cook soft-boiled eggs and her renowned winemaking echo Jake's farming prowess.
Academic text (1997) -
Boyd drank a glass of orange juice, ate an English muffin with raspberry jam, and a soft-boiled egg from a china eggcup designed to look like a chick with an eggshell on its head.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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3.5
Cooked gently in hot water or other liquid below boiling
Cooked in a shallow dish in the oven, usually eggs
Antonyms
How Cooked
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Morphology
Etymology
Soft-boiled is built from soft ('not hard') and boiled ('cooked in hot water'), so it means an egg cooked just enough for the white to set while the yolk stays 'liquid'.