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EASTER EGG

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• EASTER EGG (noun)
The noun EASTER EGG has 2 senses:

1. an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter
2. a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter

Familiarity information: EASTER EGG used as a noun is rare.

• EASTER EGG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Easter egg" is a kind of...):

candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Easter egg"):

chocolate egg (egg-shaped chocolate candy)

candy egg (egg-shaped candy)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Easter egg" is a kind of...):

hard-boiled egg; hard-cooked egg (an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify)

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