Underboil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Underboil is a verb meaning To boil insufficiently.
Meaning
To boil insufficiently.
Example Sentences
If you underboil an egg, you'll end up with a softboiled egg instead of the hardboiled egg that you wanted; and if you overboil an egg, you'll end up with a hardboiled egg instead of the softboiled egg that you wanted.
Word Forms
- underboils
- underboiling
- underboiled
Antonyms for underboil
Common opposites include overboil.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include undercook, underheat, underdo, undercool, unboil, underoil.
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