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poached eggs

poached eggs is the plural of poached egg.

Meaning of poached egg

Noun

poached egg (plural poached eggs)

  1. 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

Questions about poached eggs

What is poached eggs the plural of?
Poached eggs is the plural of poached egg.

Words near poached eggs in the dictionary

  1. poachard
  2. poachards
  3. poached
  4. poached egg
  5. poached egg daisy
  6. poached eggs
  7. poached up
  8. poacher
  9. poacher turned gamekeeper
  10. poacher's gun
  11. poacher's pie

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