Library / English Dictionary

POACHING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cooking in simmering liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("poaching" is a kind of...):

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Derivation:

poach (cook in a simmering liquid)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb poach

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