boiled
adjective
half-boiled
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a word derived from
boiled.
Example Sentences
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A ball of half-baked dough or a piece of half-boiled vegetable is good for bait.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though the bagel arrived in America with Jewish immigrants in the early 1900s, until a few years ago, most of the country hadn't enjoyed this half-boiled, half-baked, half-crunchy, half-chewy half-roll.
From Time Magazine Archive
He made great play at the eternal half-boiled leg of mutton, floating in a bloody sea of grease and gravy, which always comes on the table three hours after the departure from Porto Bello.
From The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Anthony Trollope
It has two small bulbs about an inch below the surface of the earth, and these, when broken, exhibit a highly granulated texture, semi-transparent like half-boiled sago.
From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker
"Why, you little half-boiled Shrimp," I bawled out, "I have a mind to clout your under t'other Ear, that Brothers may not complain of Favour, and e'en carry you to where I found you."
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
