be boiled enough

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• soft-boiled — adj an egg that is soft boiled is boiled long enough for the white part to become solid, but the yellow part in the centre is still liquid →↑hard boiled …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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• soft-boiled — /sawft boyld , soft /, adj. (of an egg) boiled in the shell just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes. [1900 05] * * * …   Universalium

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