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hard-boiled

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "hard-boiled" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable

11 characters

English (US)

1syllable

hard-boiled

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, hard-boiled is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofhard-boiled

1verb

To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.

1adjective

(of a boiled egg) Cooked to a solid consistency.
(of a person, especially of a detective) Callous and unsentimental.
Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect (characterizes hard-boiled fiction, a subgenre of detective fiction)

Nearby Words

17 words

Before

hard-beating hard-bill hard-billed hard-biting hard-bitted hard-bitten hard-bittenness hard-boil

hard-boiled(current)

After

hard-boiledness hard-boned hard-bought hard-bred hard-coated hard-contested hard-cooked hard-core

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