egg
- noun
- /ɛɡ/
- An egg, even a fertilized egg, is still an egg and not a chicken.
- boiled egg
- egg laying
- clutch of eggs
The trouble is, you know, eggs and cakes.
- The trouble is, you know, eggs and cakes.
- Then maybe we could sweep the egg shells away for a minute.
- It is beef, or it is eggs, or it is broccoli.
- I'm saying can you fry an egg that looks good?
- There was like a faint smell of eggs, quail eggs.
Examples
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I'm saying can you fry an egg that looks good?
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The farm sells fresh organic eggs collected daily from free-range chickens.
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Gonna make you some eggs, alright, love?
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- Uh, do you want me to cook you some eggs or something?
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Oh yeah, I love mini eggs, yes I do.
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- Because eggs bubble when you cook them.
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OK, let's add some eggs, milk and butter.
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Professor Grant had found most of the dinosaur eggs that had ever been discovered.
Fiction book (1990) -
We were allowed to collect a mason jar of frog eggs to bring home and watch.
Fiction book (1990) -
Little Reena came up to me with a giant smile on her face and handed me an egg that their chicken had laid.
Idioms
- Informal
A saying that you should not expect a wild person or thing to behave calmly
Compounds
- US
A hard-boiled egg cut in half with the yolk mixed with mayonnaise and spices spooned back into the white
- US
A cold sweet drink with milk, chocolate syrup, and soda water, without egg or cream
- Specialized
A female cell that can join with a sperm to grow into a new animal or plant
An egg cooked gently in its shell in hot water so the white becomes set and the yolk stays soft
- Specialized
A light that lets you look inside an egg to check its quality without breaking the shell
- Specialized
A decorative border with egg-shaped parts next to pointed shapes used on classical buildings
- Specialized
A decorative border with egg-shaped figures alternating with small pointed shapes
- UK
A small egg-shaped sweet made of soft jelly with a sugar coating often eaten at Easter
A hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage, coated with breadcrumbs, then fried or baked and eaten cold as a snack
- Specialized
An egg baked in a small dish with cream until the white sets and yolk stays soft
A hard-boiled egg cut in half with the yolk mixed with mayonnaise and spices and put back into the white
How Mature
Surface Forms
Etymology
Egg comes from an old Germanic word æg and is like German Ei and Dutch ei, all meaning 'egg'. That's why egg still means the oval object birds lay and we often eat.