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CODDLED EGG

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Dictionary entry overview: What does coddled egg mean?

• CODDLED EGG (noun)
The noun CODDLED EGG has 1 sense:

1. egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water

Familiarity information: CODDLED EGG used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CODDLED EGG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

boiled egg; coddled egg

Hypernyms ("coddled egg" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coddled egg"):

hard-boiled egg; hard-cooked egg (an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify)

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