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BOILED DINNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boiled dinner mean?
• BOILED DINNER (noun)
The noun BOILED DINNER has 1 sense:
1. corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables
Familiarity information: BOILED DINNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
boiled dinner; New England boiled dinner
Hypernyms ("boiled dinner" is a kind of...):
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
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