egg yolk

See also: eggyolk and egg-yolk

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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”).

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Noun

egg yolk (countable and uncountable, plural egg yolks)

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

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