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hard-boil

hard-boil verb: to cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.

Verb

hard-boil (third-person singular simple present hard-boils, present participle hard-boiling, simple past and past participle hard-boiled)

  1. (transitive) To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.

Forms of hard-boil

third-person singular presenthard-boils
present participlehard-boiling
past participlehard-boiled
pasthard-boiled
alternative formhard boil
alternative formhardboil

Origin of hard-boil

Back-formation from hard-boiled.

Questions about hard-boil

What does hard-boil mean?
Hard-boil means to cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.
What part of speech is hard-boil?
Hard-boil is a verb.
What is the past tense of hard-boil?
The past tense of hard-boil is hard-boiled.

Words near hard-boil in the dictionary

  1. hard-bitten
  2. hard-block
  3. hard-blocked
  4. hard-blocking
  5. hard-blocks
  6. hard-boil
  7. hard-boiled
  8. hard-boiledness
  9. hard-boiling
  10. hard-boils
  11. hard-brick

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