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Egg white

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Noun
  1. 1
    The clear part of an egg surrounding the yolk, which turns white when cooked or beaten. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water wordnet

Etymology

Probably a remodelled form of Middle English whit of an egge (“white of an egg”). Compare Old Norse eggja-hvíta (“egg-white”) (whence Icelandic eggjahvíta, Swedish äggvita, Danish æggehvide), Saterland Frisian Oaiwiet (“egg-white”), West Frisian aaiwyt (“egg-white”), Dutch eiwit (“egg-white”), German Low German Witt vun't Ei (“white of an egg”) beside Eiwitt (“egg-white”), German Eiweiß (“egg-white”).

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