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EGG YOLK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does egg yolk mean?

• EGG YOLK (noun)
The noun EGG YOLK has 1 sense:

1. the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen

Familiarity information: EGG YOLK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EGG YOLK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

egg yolk; yolk

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

fixings; ingredient (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking)

Holonyms ("egg yolk" is a part of...):

egg; eggs (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)

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