SHIRR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shirr mean? 

• SHIRR (verb)
  The verb SHIRR has 1 sense:

1. bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set

  Familiarity information: SHIRR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIRR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

shirr the eggs

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)