broccoli and curly kale, lightly steamed or boiled
boiled in Hospitality
(bɔɪld)
adjective
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, cooking)
Boiled food is food cooked in boiling water.
The lamb is served with boiled potatoes and vegetables.
Boiled lobsters are prepared by dropping them in boiling water when they are alive.
You can have boiled vegetables, cooked in water, or steamed vegetables, cooked over water.
Examples of 'boiled' in a sentence
boiled
When the kettle boiled he poured hot water into his thermos.
Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002)
I don't know what's up with her these days.' His sense of injustice boiled over.
St. James, Ian FINAL RESORT (2002)
In other languages
boiled
British English: boiled /bɔɪld/ ADJECTIVE
Food that is boiled is cooked in boiling water.
...boiled potatoes.
American English: boiled
Arabic: مَسْلُوق
Brazilian Portuguese: cozido
Chinese: 煮沸的
Croatian: kuhan
Czech: vařený
Danish: kogt
Dutch: gekookt
European Spanish: cocido
Finnish: keitetty
French: bouilli
German: gekocht
Greek: βρασμένος
Italian: lesso
Japanese: 沸騰した
Korean: 끓인
Norwegian: kokt
Polish: gotowany
European Portuguese: cozido
Romanian: fiert
Russian: вареный
Latin American Spanish: hervido
Swedish: kokt
Thai: เดือดแล้ว
Turkish: kaynamış
Ukrainian: варений
Vietnamese: luộc
All related terms of 'boiled'
boil
When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
boiled egg
an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
boiled oil
any of several oils , esp. linseed , that are heated (not boiled ) and mixed with driers to form a thick , dark , quick-drying oil
hard-boiled
A hard-boiled egg has been boiled in its shell until the whole of the inside is solid.
soft-boiled
A soft-boiled egg is one that has been boiled for only a few minutes , so that the yellow part is still liquid .
boiled shirt
a dress shirt with a stiff front
boiled sweet
Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
boiled potatoes
potatoes , usually peeled , cooked in boiling water
hard-boiled egg
A hard-boiled egg has been boiled in its shell until the whole of the inside is solid.
soft-boiled egg
an egg that has been boiled for a short time so that the yolk is still soft
boil off
to remove or be removed (from) by boiling
boil up
If you boil up a liquid, you heat it until it boils.
re-boil
to boil again
boil away
When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away , it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour .
boil down
When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down , it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour .
boil over
When a liquid that is being heated boils over , it rises and flows over the edge of the container .
New England boiled dinner
a dish consisting of meat, often corned beef , and whole potatoes , onions , carrots , cabbage , etc. cooked by boiling
boil down to
If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
boil vegetables
Vegetables are plants such as cabbages , potatoes , and onions which you can cook and eat.