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🥚 Containing yolk 🍳 To add yolk
to yolked

to yolked

4.8
To mix egg yolk into food to make it richer
  • verb
  • /joʊkt/
translation icon : yemado
  • The chef yolked the sauce to make it creamier and more flavorful.

Examples

  • She yolked the batter to give it a richer color.

  • Before baking, he yolked the dough to improve its texture.

  • She yolked the eggs carefully for the cake.

  • He yolked the mixture until it was smooth.

  • The chef yolked the sauce to make it creamier and more flavorful.

  • Before baking, he yolked the dough to improve its texture.

  • She yolked the batter to give it a richer color.

Surface Forms

yolk infinitive
yolked past
yolked past participle
yolking present participle
yolks third person singular

Morphology

yolked = yolk (transparent) = yolk + ed

Regular past-tense/past-participle formation of the verb 'yolk' with '-ed'; the cooking action is directly signalled.

Etymology

Yolked comes from the noun yolk ('the yellow part of an egg'), so to 'yolk' something is to add that yellow part into food to make it richer and creamier.