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hard boiled

/hɑrd bɔɪld/ /hɑːd bɔɪld/
adjective Everyday Life Neutral
GeneralFood
  1. 1 lop, katı haşlanmış

Definition (English)

Of an egg: boiled until the white and the yolk are solid.

Example Sentences

  1. I usually eat a hard-boiled egg for breakfast.
    Kahvaltıda genellikle lop yumurta yerim.
  2. Boil the eggs for ten minutes if you want them hard-boiled.
    Yumurtaların katı olmasını istiyorsan on dakika haşla.
Informal
  1. 1 sert ve duygusuz, kaşarlanmış

Definition (English)

Tough and not showing feelings, often because of hard experience.

Example Sentences

  1. The film is about a hard-boiled detective in a big city.
    Film, büyük bir şehirdeki sert ve duygusuz bir dedektifi anlatıyor.
  2. Even the hard-boiled reporters were moved by her story.
    Kaşarlanmış muhabirler bile onun hikâyesinden etkilendi.

Synonyms

hard-cooked

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