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over easy

over easy prepositional phrase: of an egg prepared as food, fried on one side until most of the whites have cooked, then lightly fried on the other to finish cooking the whites, leaving the yolk unbroken and slightly soft (runny).

over easy: of an egg prepared as food, fried on one side until most of the whites have cooked, then lightly...
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Prepositional phrase

  1. (US) Of an egg prepared as food, fried on one side until most of the whites have cooked, then lightly fried on the other to finish cooking the whites, leaving the yolk unbroken and slightly soft (runny).

Synonyms of over easy

Questions about over easy

What does over easy mean?
Over easy means of an egg prepared as food, fried on one side until most of the whites have cooked, then lightly fried on the other to finish cooking the whites, leaving the yolk unbroken and slightly soft (runny).
What part of speech is over easy?
Over easy is a prepositional phrase.

Words near over easy in the dictionary

  1. over bridges
  2. over celebrate
  3. over celebrated
  4. over celebrates
  5. over celebrating
  6. over easy
  7. over hard
  8. over head and ears
  9. over here
  10. over hill and dale
  11. over joyous

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