- Synonyms
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au gratin
cooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese)
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baked
(bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven)
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barbecued, grilled
cooked over an outdoor grill
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batter-fried
fried in batter
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boiled, poached, stewed
cooked in hot water
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braised
cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container
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broiled, grilled
cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)
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burned, burnt
ruined by overcooking
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candy-like
resembling candy
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done
cooked until ready to serve
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deep-fried, fried
cooked by frying in fat
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hard-baked
baked until hard
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hard-boiled
(eggs) cooked until the yolk is solid
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lyonnaise
cooked with onions
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medium
(meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
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overdone
cooked too long but still edible
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pancake-style
cooked as pancakes are cooked
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parched
toasted or roasted slightly
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rare-roasted
(meat) roasted with the meat inside still rare
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ready-cooked
cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale
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roast, roasted
(meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
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saute, sauteed
fried quickly in a little fat
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seared
having the surface burned quickly with intense heat
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soft-boiled
(eggs) having the yolk still liquid
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souffle-like
resembling a souffle
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steamed
cooked in steam
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sunny-side up
(eggs) fried on only one side
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toasted
browned over by exposure to heat
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wafer-like
resembling a thin crisp wafer
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well-done
(meat) cooked until there is no pink meat left inside