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boiled

  • adjective
  • /bɔɪld/

Cooked in boiling water.

Other meanings

  1. Having reached the boiling point.

Synonyms

  • poached
  • stewed

Related words

  • boiled rag
  • boiled custard
  • nonboiled
  • preboiled
  • semiboiled
  • unboiled
  • boiled egg
  • boiled frog
  • half-boiled
  • hot boiled beans
  • hard boiled
  • soft boiled

Example sentences

  • “Smash the boiled pumpkin pieces then add some salt and spices.”

    Tatoeba · Isomorph · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “boiled” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.