"eggcup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eggcups [plural]
Etymology: From egg + cup. Compare West Frisian aailokje, Dutch eierdopje; German Eierbecher; Danish æggebæger; Swedish äggkopp; Norwegian eggeglass. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|egg|cup}} egg + cup, {{cog|fy|aailokje}} West Frisian aailokje, {{cog|nl|eierdopje}} Dutch eierdopje, {{m|de|Eierbecher}} Eierbecher, {{m|da|æggebæger}} æggebæger, {{m|sv|äggkopp}} äggkopp, {{m|no|eggeglass}} eggeglass Head templates: {{en-noun}} eggcup (plural eggcups)
  1. (British) A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten. Tags: British Categories (topical): Containers Categories (lifeform): Eggs Synonyms: egg cup Translations (a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten): dalc'her-vioù [masculine] (Breton), æggebæger [neuter] (Danish), munakuppi (Finnish), coquetier [masculine] (French), Eierbecher [masculine] (German), αβγοθήκη (avgothíki) [feminine] (Greek), tojástartó (Hungarian), ovuyo (Ido), ubhchupán [masculine] (Irish), portauovo [masculine] (Italian), uviera [feminine] (Maltese), cocotchi [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), eggeglass [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), jajecznik [masculine] (Polish), oveiro [masculine] (Portuguese), подста́вка для яиц (podstávka dlja jaic) (Russian), glainn'-uighe [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), huevera [feminine] (Spanish), äggkopp [common-gender] (Swedish), webera (Tagalog), yumurtalık (Turkish)

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      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
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