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hardboil

hardboil is the alternative form of hard-boil.

Meaning of hard-boil

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 hardboil

third-person singular presenthardboils
present participlehardboiling
past participlehardboiled
pasthardboiled

Questions about hardboil

What is hardboil the alternative form of?
Hardboil is the alternative form of hard-boil.

Words near hardboil in the dictionary

  1. hardboarding
  2. hardboards
  3. hardbodied
  4. hardbodies
  5. hardbody
  6. hardboil
  7. hardboiled
  8. hardboot
  9. hardboots
  10. hardbop
  11. hardbottom

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