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Word entry · 4 letters

yolk

Best crossword clue

"Egg center"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /jəʊk/Part of speech nounSorted kloyStarts with YEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

Word origin

From Middle English yolke, yelke, ȝolke, ȝelke, from Old English ġeolca, ġeoloca, ġioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”), derived from Old English ġeolu (“yellow”) + -ca (diminutive suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • To make meringue, you have to separate the white from the yolk.
  • This is surprising in that these females were yolking up their clutch of eggs

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