egg yolk
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
See also: eggyolk and egg-yolk
Alternative forms
- egg-yolk, eggyolk
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
egg yolk (countable and uncountable, plural egg yolks)
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Translations
central part of an egg — see yolk
Remove ads
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads