poached egg
poached egg noun: an egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.
Noun
poached egg (plural poached eggs)
- An egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.
- With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the waitron by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate.1992, Julian May, Jack the Bodiless, Knopf, →ISBN, →OL
- Synonyms:
- dropped egg
poached egg meaning in Arabic, Malay and Thai
poached egg in Arabic
- type of cooked egg
- بَيْض مَسْلُوق بِدُونَ قِشْر bayḍ maslūq bidūna qišr
poached egg in Malay
- type of cooked egg
- telur carak, telur rebus carak
poached egg in Thai
- type of cooked egg
- ไข่ดาวน้ำ kài-daao-náam
Synonyms of poached egg
Forms of poached egg
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Words formed from poached egg
Questions about poached egg
- What does poached egg mean?
- Poached egg means an egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.
- What is poached egg in Arabic?
- Poached egg in Arabic is بَيْض مَسْلُوق بِدُونَ قِشْر (bayḍ maslūq bidūna qišr). See Poached egg meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is poached egg?
- Poached egg is a noun.
- What is the plural of poached egg?
- The plural of poached egg is poached eggs.
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