poached egg

noun

An egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.

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dropped egg
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Meanings

nounpoached egg (plural poached eggs)

plural poached eggs

  1. An egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.

    With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the waitron by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate.

    1992, Julian May, Jack the Bodiless, Knopf, →ISBN, →OL

    Synonyms: dropped egg

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn egg that has been cooked by gently breaking it into simmering or very hot water.

Similar
dropped egg

More synonyms by meaning

nounegg cooked in gently boiling water

Similar
dropped egg
Broader
dish
Also see
dropped egg

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic بَيْض مَسْلُوق بِدُونَ قِشْر
  • بَيْض مَسْلُوق بِدُونَ قِشْر (bayḍ maslūq bidūna qišr)type of cooked egg
Basque arrautza eskalfatu
  • arrautza eskalfatutype of cooked egg
Catalan ou escalfat, ou escumat
  • ou escalfattype of cooked egg
  • ou escumattype of cooked egg
Chinese Mandarin 荷包蛋, 水煮荷包蛋
  • 荷包蛋 (hébāodàn)type of cooked egg
  • 水煮荷包蛋 (shuǐzhǔ hébāodàn)type of cooked egg
  • 水煮嫩蛋 (shuǐzhǔnèndàn)type of cooked egg
  • 水波蛋 (shuǐbōdàn)type of cooked egg
  • 臥果兒 /卧果儿 (wòguǒr)type of cooked egg
  • 卧鷄蛋 (wòjīdàn)type of cooked egg
Finnish uppomuna
  • uppomunatype of cooked egg
French œuf poché
  • œuf pochétype of cooked egg
German pochiertes Ei, verlorenes Ei
  • pochiertes Eitype of cooked egg
  • verlorenes Eitype of cooked egg
Hungarian buggyantott tojás
  • buggyantott tojástype of cooked egg
Italian uovo in camicia, uovo affogato
  • uovo in camiciatype of cooked egg
  • uovo affogatotype of cooked egg
Japanese ポーチドエッグ
  • ポーチドエッグ (pōchidoeggu)type of cooked egg
Korean 수란
  • 수란 (suran)type of cooked egg
Latin ovum hapalum
  • ovum hapalumtype of cooked egg
Malay telur carak, telur rebus carak
  • telur caraktype of cooked egg
  • telur rebus caraktype of cooked egg
Norwegian Bokmål posjert egg
  • posjert eggtype of cooked egg
Polish jajko w koszulce
  • jajko w koszulcetype of cooked egg
Romanian ou poșat
  • ou poșattype of cooked egg
Russian яйцо́-пашо́т
  • яйцо́-пашо́т (jajcó-pašót)type of cooked egg
Spanish huevo escalfado
  • huevo escalfadotype of cooked egg
Swedish förlorade ägg, pocherade ägg
  • förlorade äggtype of cooked egg
  • pocherade äggtype of cooked egg
Thai ไข่ดาวน้ำ
  • ไข่ดาวน้ำ (kài-daao-náam)type of cooked egg
Turkish çılbır, poşe yumurta
  • çılbırtype of cooked egg
  • poşe yumurtatype of cooked egg
Ukrainian яйце́ пашо́т, яйце́ в соро́чечці
  • яйце́ пашо́т (jajcé pašót)type of cooked egg
  • яйце́ в соро́чечці (jajcé v soróčečci)type of cooked egg
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APA

poached egg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poached%20egg

MLA

“poached egg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poached%20egg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poached egg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poached%20egg.

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