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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 vegetablesplay

  Familiarity information: BOILED DINNER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOILED DINNER (noun)


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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