shirr
pronunciation
How to pronounce shirr in British English:
UK [ʃɜ:]
How to pronounce shirr in American English:
US [ʃɜ]
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- Verb:
- bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set
Word Origin
- shirr (v.)
- "to gather (cloth) on parallel threads," 1860 (implied in shirring), back-formation from shirred (1847), from shirr (n.) "elastic webbing," of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. The optimal reaction condition was obtained by compared with different reaction conditions , such as reactant concentration , and shirr temperature etc.