NOUN | food | hard-cooked egg, hard-boiled 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-boiled 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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