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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
1Y2O3L4K

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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