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over medium

over medium prepositional phrase: of an egg prepared as food, fried on both sides so as the whites are cooked, and the yolks are soft, but not runny.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (US) Of an egg prepared as food, fried on both sides so as the whites are cooked, and the yolks are soft, but not runny.

Questions about over medium

What does over medium mean?
Over medium means of an egg prepared as food, fried on both sides so as the whites are cooked, and the yolks are soft, but not runny.
What part of speech is over medium?
Over medium is a prepositional phrase.

Words near over medium in the dictionary

  1. over here
  2. over hill and dale
  3. over joyous
  4. Over Kellet
  5. over light
  6. over medium
  7. over my dead body
  8. over night
  9. over nine thousand
  10. over one's head
  11. over one's skis

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