albumen

UK /ˈalbjʊmɪn/ US /ˈælbjʊmən/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

indigestible

VERB + ALBUMEN

relied, separated

ALBUMEN + NOUN

egg, eggs, mineral, substances, yolk

PREP.

from, on

ADV.

carefully

noun

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

The various elements found in food are the following: Starch, sugar, fats, albumen, mineral substances, indigestible substances.

The endosperm of flowering plants.

noun — the white part of an egg

noun — a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues

The various elements found in food are the following: Starch, sugar, fats, albumen, mineral substances, indigestible substances.

Wiktionary

The albumen of an egg surrounds the yolk and provides nutrition for the developing embryo.

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The cook carefully separated the albumen from the yolk to make meringue.

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The artist used a 19th-century photographic printing process that relied on albumen from eggs.

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