egg yolk

See also: eggyolk and egg-yolk

English

Alternative forms

• egg-yolk, eggyolk

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”).

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.

Synonyms

• yolk

Coordinate terms

• egg white

Translations

central part of an egg — see yolk