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Noun: poaching  pow-ching
  1. Cooking in simmering liquid
Verb: poach  powch
  1. Hunt illegally
    "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
     
  2. Cook in a simmering liquid
    "poached apricots"

Derived forms: poachings

Type of: cook, cookery, cooking, hunt, hunt down, preparation, run, track down

Encyclopedia: Poaching

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