HyperDic: boiled_egg

English > 1 sense of the expression *boiled egg*:
NOUN	food	boiled egg, coddled egg	egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water

English > *boiled egg*: 1 sense > noun 1, food
Meaning	egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water.
Synonym	coddled egg
Narrower	hard-boiled egg, hard-cooked egg	An egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify
Broader	dish	A particular item of prepared food
Spanish	huevo pasado por agua
Catalan	ou bullit, ou passat per aigua