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hard-boil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
hard-boil
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Back-formation from hard-boiled.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hard-boils (present, singular) hard-boiling (participle, present) hard-boiled (participle, past) hard-boiled (past) hard boil (alternative) hardboil (alternative)

Questions

What does hard-boil mean?
To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.
Where does hard-boil come from?
Back-formation from hard-boiled.

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