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egg drop

egg drop noun: the food created by dropping beaten raw egg into boiling water bit by bit.

egg drop: the food created by dropping beaten raw egg into boiling water bit by bit
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Noun

egg drop (uncountable)

  1. The food created by dropping beaten raw egg into boiling water bit by bit.
    • To get the egg drop–like shreds, get the soup up to a high boil, add the egg whites, and stir quickly, breaking them up with a whisk as you stir.1998, Todd English, Sally Sampson, The Figs Table, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91

Words formed from egg drop

Questions about egg drop

What does egg drop mean?
Egg drop means the food created by dropping beaten raw egg into boiling water bit by bit.
What part of speech is egg drop?
Egg drop is a noun.

Words near egg drop in the dictionary

  1. egg cutters
  2. egg dance
  3. egg dances
  4. egg donation
  5. egg donations
  6. egg drop
  7. egg drop soup
  8. egg drop soups
  9. egg drop syndrome
  10. egg flip
  11. egg flips

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