"egg yolk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: egg yolks [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|egyolk}} Middle English egyolk, {{m|enm|egge yolk}} egge yolk, {{compound|en|egg|yolk}} egg + yolk, {{cog|nl|eigeel|t=egg yolk}} Dutch eigeel (“egg yolk”), {{cog|nds-de|Eigeel|t=egg yolk}} German Low German Eigeel (“egg yolk”), {{cog|de|Eigelb|t=egg yolk}} German Eigelb (“egg yolk”), {{cog|sv|äggula|t=egg yolk}} Swedish äggula (“egg yolk”) Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: egg yolk Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Eggs Synonyms: yolk, egg-yolk, eggyolk Coordinate_terms: egg white

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