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soft boiled

soft boiled is the alternative spelling of soft-boiled.

Meaning of soft-boiled

Adjective

soft-boiled (not comparable)

  1. cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny
  2. softhearted or sentimental

Questions about soft boiled

What is soft boiled the alternative spelling of?
Soft boiled is the alternative spelling of soft-boiled.

Words near soft boiled in the dictionary

  1. soft atheism
  2. soft atheist
  3. soft atheists
  4. soft begging
  5. soft bigotry of low expectations
  6. soft boiled
  7. soft bomb
  8. soft bombs
  9. soft boxing
  10. soft boy
  11. soft boys

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