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soft-boiled

adjective

  1. (of an egg) boiled for a short time so that the yolk is still soft
  2. informal.
    softhearted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

We recommend the buttery miso ramen, topped with a soft-boiled egg, scallions, and corn.

Did they tell you that you're to come outside to-morrow and lie in a hammock with soft-boiled eggs?

When the food was not prepared to his taste he ate soft-boiled eggs for dinner and drank all the more wine.

For a soft-boiled egg, place egg in rapidly boiling water and boil from three to five minutes.

There were orange juice and toast and soft-boiled eggs and coffee made as only country people can make it.

If the butter is to be eaten on fish, cut up several soft boiled eggs into it.

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