coddleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkɒd.əl/us/ˈkɑː.dəl/coddle verb [ T ] (COOK)
to cook food, especially eggs, in water just below boiling temperature:
coddled eggs
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Preparing food using heat
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- batch-bake
- boil sth up
- boiled
- curry
- flash-fry
- fried
- frizzled
- fry
- grilled
- microwave
- preheat
- render
- render sth down
- rendering
- sauté
- shallow-fry
- simmer
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coddle verb [ T ] (PROTECT)
to protect someone or something too much:
The steel industry is coddled by trade protection and massive subsidies.
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Defending and protecting
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- biodefence
- cherish
- featherbed
- guard
- kill
- mother
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective
- patrol
- proof
- proof
- protect
- protective
- ring-fence
- rustproof
- wrap
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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