egg in the basket
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of egg in a basket: synonym of egg in a hole.
Example Sentences
- "The “egg in the basket” is a classic egg dish that is claimed by many different ethnic groups."
- "The egg in the basket sizzling in the iron skillet sounds like firecrackers and glistens so real and gooey on screen I want to eat the television. […] The scene opens with a close-up of the one-handed egg-crack-and-drop into the fried bread’s basket hole, […] Frying the bread in the black pan’s olive oil coating, Olympia flips the slices, and the egg and the yolk conjoin like twins in their swimming holes. This is no ordinary egg in the basket—it’s something!"
- "This version, also called Eggs in the Basket, marries buttery toast with a hole in the center that cradles a fried egg."
- "🞂 egg in the basket with sourdough bread, slices of avocado and a side of sriracha for the over-eighteen set"