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egg yolk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
egg y-olk
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

egg yolks (plural) egg-yolk (alternative) eggyolk (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

egg white

Synonyms

ovoplasma vitellus yolk

Questions

What does egg yolk mean?
The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.
Where does egg yolk come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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