boiled
adjective /bɔɪld/Definition
A2 (of food) cooked in water that is boiling: boiled eggs/bacon a hard-boiled/soft-boiled egg (= one boiled for a long/short time)Preparing food using heatPreparing food
(Definition of boiled adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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