English Explanatory Dictionary

egg yolk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-egg yolk.wav

Word forms

egg yolk egg yolks egg-yolk eggyolk

Etymology

From Middle English egyolk, egge yolk, equivalent to egg + yolk. Compare Dutch eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Low German Eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Eigelb (“egg yolk”), Swedish äggula (“egg yolk”).

Synonyms

ovoplasma vitellus yolk
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