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boil-in-bag

boil-in-bag noun: a food product supplied in a bag to be heated in boiling water. The bag may be impermeable, or it may have perforations to allow water to enter and later be drained off.

Noun

boil-in-bag (plural boil-in-bags)

  1. A food product supplied in a bag to be heated in boiling water. The bag may be impermeable, or it may have perforations to allow water to enter and later be drained off.

Forms of boil-in-bag

pluralboil-in-bags
alternative formboil-in-the-bag

Questions about boil-in-bag

What does boil-in-bag mean?
Boil-in-bag means a food product supplied in a bag to be heated in boiling water. The bag may be impermeable, or it may have perforations to allow water to enter and later be drained off.
What part of speech is boil-in-bag?
Boil-in-bag is a noun.
What is the plural of boil-in-bag?
The plural of boil-in-bag is boil-in-bags.

Words near boil-in-bag in the dictionary

  1. boil the ocean
  2. boil up
  3. boil ups
  4. boil wash
  5. boil washes
  6. boil-in-bag
  7. boil-in-bags
  8. boil-in-the-bag
  9. boil-in-the-bags
  10. boil-wash
  11. boilability

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