Egg yolk

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
yolkyolks

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”).

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