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overbroil

overbroil verb: to broil excessively.

Verb

overbroil (third-person singular simple present overbroils, present participle overbroiling, simple past and past participle overbroiled)

  1. To broil excessively.
    • Broil close to the heat until sugar melts and begins to bubble, about 1 minute; do not overbroil or the custard will begin to curdle […]1999, Deborah Gray, Indulge It: New Ideas for Delicious Desserts, page 38
    • Do be warned that if you overbroil the eggplant slices, they will fall apart while baking in the casserole.2011, James Villas, From the Ground Up, page 109

Forms of overbroil

third-person singular presentoverbroils
present participleoverbroiling
past participleoverbroiled
pastoverbroiled

Origin of overbroil

From over- + broil.

Questions about overbroil

What does overbroil mean?
Overbroil means to broil excessively.
What part of speech is overbroil?
Overbroil is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbroil?
The past tense of overbroil is overbroiled.

Words near overbroil in the dictionary

  1. overbroadened
  2. overbroadening
  3. overbroadens
  4. overbroadly
  5. overbroadness
  6. overbroil
  7. overbroiled
  8. overbroiling
  9. overbroils
  10. overbroke
  11. overbroken

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