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SHIRRING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shirring mean?
• SHIRRING (noun)
The noun SHIRRING has 1 sense:
1. baking shelled eggs
Familiarity information: SHIRRING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Baking shelled eggs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("shirring" is a kind of...):
baking (cooking by dry heat in an oven)
Derivation:
shirr (bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set)
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