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hard-boil

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. hard-boil (verb)
  2. hard-boiled (adjective)

hard–boil

verb \-ˈbȯi(-ə)l\

Definition of HARD-BOIL

transitive verb
: to cook (an egg) in the shell until both white and yolk have solidified

Origin of HARD-BOIL

back-formation from hard-boiled
First Known Use: 1895

Rhymes with HARD-BOIL

coal oil, corn oil, fish oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, gas oil, night soil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, shale oil, snake oil, sperm oil, subsoil, tung oil, white oil

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