boiled
Definition
- Adjective:
- Cooked by immersion in boiling water: The primary meaning describes food that has been prepared by being submerged in water heated to its boiling point (100°C or 212°F at sea level). This is a common cooking method.
- Sterilized or treated with boiling water: Can describe items, such as medical instruments, that have been made sterile through exposure to boiling water.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- For dinner, we had boiled potatoes and carrots. (The vegetables were cooked in a pot of boiling water.)
- She prefers boiled eggs for breakfast. (The eggs were cooked in their shells in hot water.)
- Always use boiled water to prepare the baby's formula. (The water was heated until it boiled to kill germs.)
Advanced Usage
- "hard-boiled": (of an egg) boiled until both the white and yolk are solid.
- He made a sandwich with hard-boiled eggs.
- "soft-boiled": (of an egg) boiled for a shorter time so that the yolk remains soft or liquid.
- She likes her soft-boiled egg with toast soldiers.
- "boiled down": (phrasal verb, not an adjective) reduced or simplified to the most essential points. (Note: This is a phrasal verb using "boiled," not an adjectival form of the target word itself).
- The complex issue boiled down to a matter of trust.
Variants and Related Words
- Boil (verb): To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor; to cook something in boiling water.
- Boil the pasta for ten minutes.
- Boiler (noun): A device for heating water.
- The building's boiler provides hot water.
Synonyms
- Poached: (especially for eggs or fish) cooked in simmering liquid, not necessarily at a rolling boil.
- Steamed: Cooked by steam, not by direct immersion in water.
Related Phrasal Verbs (from the verb "boil")
- Boil over: (of a liquid) to rise and flow over the sides of a container while boiling.
- The milk boiled over and made a mess on the stove.
- Boil up: To begin to boil; to heat something until it boils.
- Boil up some water for tea.
Related Idioms
- "Boiled shirt": (historical/informal) a stiff, formal white shirt, as if starched and stiff.
- "Keep the pot boiling": to maintain an activity or ensure that something continues actively.
- They took turns telling jokes to keep the pot boiling during the long wait.
Adjective
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cooked in hot water
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