| NOUN | food | hard-boiled egg, hard-cooked egg | an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify |
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| Meaning | An egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify. | |
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| Synonym | hard-cooked egg | |
| Narrower | Easter egg | A colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter |
| Broader | boiled egg, coddled egg | egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water |
| Spanish | huevo duro | |
| Catalan | ou dur | |
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