Complete Definition of "hard-boiled"

English
Alternative spellings
hardboiled
hard boiled

Adjective
en-adj|pos=hard-boiled

  1. context|of a boiled egg cooked to a solid consistency
  2. callous and unsentimental

Related terms
soft-boiled
hard-boiled fiction

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Related terms)
trans-top|of an egg
Dutch: hardgekookt
German: hartgekocht
Italian: sodo m, sode fp
trans-mid
Russian: вк����� (vkrutúju)
Swedish: hårdkokt
trans-bottom

trans-top|callous
trans-mid
Swedish: hårdkokt, rå
trans-bottom

fi:hard-boiled
vi:hard-boiled
zh:hard-boiled

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