📖 Definitions of "Overcooked"
verb
- 1
To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
- 2
To do something to excess; to overdo.
"The runner overcooked it on the first lap, and ended up finishing last."
adjective
- 1
Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Overcooked"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| spaghettinoun | (countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings. |
| overdoneverb | Cooked too much. |
| overburnt | Being burnt for too long; excessively burnt. |
| overbattered | (cooking) Coated in too much batter. |
| overmarinated | Excessively marinated. |
| over-burnt | Alternative form of overburnt. [Being burnt for too long; excessively burnt.] |
| overspiced | Too strongly spiced. |
| overfired | (not comparable, cooking) Of a cooker: having a heat source that is above the food being cooked. |
| overheated | Excessively heated. |
| overcooled | Excessively cooled |
| overripe | Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad. |
| overfinished | Of animals reared for meat: obese; undesirably fat. |
| cooked | (of food) Prepared by cooking. |
| overtoasted | Toasted excessively. |
| overstale | Excessively stale. |
| overdeveloped | Excessively developed, as: |
| overhot | Excessively hot. |
| overfermented | excessively fermented |
| overcolored | Rendered too colourful; with an excess of color. |
| burnt out | Overworked to the point of exhaustion. |
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