SHIRR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set

Example:

shirr the eggs

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "shirr" is one way to...):

bake (cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chef wants to shirr the eggs

Derivation:

shirring (baking shelled eggs)