What does overboil mean?
Overboil means (ambitransitive) To boil excessively..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(ambitransitive) To boil excessively..
If you overboil an egg, you'll end up with a hardboiled egg instead of the softboiled egg that you wanted; and if you underboil an egg, you'll end up with a softboiled egg instead of the hardboiled egg that you wanted.
Use overboil when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overboil means (ambitransitive) To boil excessively..
Common synonyms include boil over.
Possible antonyms include underboil.
If you overboil an egg, you'll end up with a hardboiled egg instead of the softboiled egg that you wanted; and if you underboil an egg, you'll end up with a softboiled egg instead of the hardboiled egg that you wanted.
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