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
It is not improbable that this word is a compound of semi, Latin, half; and to seethe, to boil: so that Zamzodden will then mean, literally, half-boiled.
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings
And while I stood trembling amid my smoke and eel-pie and half-boiled eggs, the knock was repeated—this time so long and loud that it must have been heard all over the square.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
The man's eyes flashed in amusement as he opened a deep cigar box and tossed out a half-boiled tuber.
From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Herman Gastrell Seely
