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columbus egg

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
colum-bus egg
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hard-boiled egg cut in half and filled with a mixture of its yolk with ham, cream, and nutmeg.

Etymology

Presumably in reference to the apocryphal story behind the egg of Columbus, since the eggs in this dish would have their ends crushed to allow them to stand upright like bowls.

Inflected Forms

Columbus eggs (plural)

Phrases

egg of Columbus

Frequently Paired Words

egg of Columbus

Questions

What does columbus egg mean?
A hard-boiled egg cut in half and filled with a mixture of its yolk with ham, cream, and nutmeg.
Where does columbus egg come from?
Presumably in reference to the apocryphal story behind the egg of Columbus, since the eggs in this dish would have their ends crushed to allow them to stand upright like bowls.

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