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egg yolk

egg yolk

17 1.0
The yellow part inside an egg that feeds a developing chick and makes food richer
  • noun
  • /ɛɡ joʊk/
translation icon : yema (de huevo)
  • Throw in another egg yolk.
  • beat egg yolks
  • whisk egg yolks
  • egg yolks and sugar

Next up I'm going to show you a very simple way to separate your egg yolk to your egg white and it is just using an old plastic bottle like this.

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Examples

  • The recipe for quindim includes ingredients like coconut, sugar, butter, and egg yolks, which give the dish its distinctive color.

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  • You mixed the egg yolks and salt with a fork in the little white bowl from the set.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • There are 14 egg yolks.

  • If you warm the bowl slightly before you beat in the egg yolk, it changes everything.

  • In the mixing bowl with the egg yolks, add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and oil.

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  • Eat more fatty red meat, eat more egg yolks and eat more seafood.

  • All you do is melt some chocolate and quickly stir in the egg yolks.

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  • Add the egg yolks to the chocolate, one by one, beating with a whisk until incorporated.

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  • For a richer custard, you can add up to 3 more egg yolks.

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  • In a small bowl, beat the egg yolk lightly with a whisk for about 30 seconds.

Synonyms

yolk
vsegg yolk
41 1.0

The yellow part inside an egg that holds most of its food

is the specific spherical part used in cooking and embryo nourishment
vitelline
vsegg yolk
  • Specialized
9.9

The yolk inside an egg or the yolk sac that feeds an embryo

is the common term focused on cooking and simple embryo nutrition

Surface Forms

egg yolk singular
egg yolks plural

Morphology

egg + yolk

The meaning of 'egg yolk' is directly and transparently derived from its constituents: 'egg' (the ovular food) and 'yolk' (the yellow, nutrient-rich part). This noun–noun composition simply names the specific part of an egg and follows a cross-linguistically common descriptive pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Egg yolk is the yellow part inside an egg; the word yolk comes from an old word meaning 'yellow', and this rich part helps a baby bird grow and makes food creamier. So egg yolk now means the yellow, creamy center of an egg.