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half-boiled

half-boiled adjective: partially cooked.

Adjective

half-boiled (not comparable)

  1. partially cooked
  2. cooked to a soft consistency
  3. (Malaysia, Singapore) cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny; soft-boiled

Forms of half-boiled

alternative formhalfboiled
alternative formhalf boiled

Questions about half-boiled

What does half-boiled mean?
Half-boiled means partially cooked.
What part of speech is half-boiled?
Half-boiled is an adjective.

Words near half-boiled in the dictionary

  1. half-blood
  2. half-blooded
  3. half-bloods
  4. half-blue
  5. half-blues
  6. half-boiled
  7. half-boot
  8. half-boots
  9. half-bound
  10. half-brained
  11. half-break

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