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egg, hard-boiled egg

Auslan SignbankDictionary#1586 egg.boiled
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As a Noun: 1. An egg which has been boiled in its shell until the yolk and the white are hard. English = hard-boiled egg. 2. The rounded object produced by a female bird (and some other creatures) from which a baby bird later emerges. Especially used for the type produced by hens and eaten by people as a food. English = egg. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To crack open a hard-boiled egg using an implement such as a knife.