yolk

UK /jəʊk/ US /joʊk/

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

present, removed, separate, together, white, white, yellow

VERB + YOLK

breaking, broke, effect, remove, replacing, separated, surrounds

YOLK + NOUN

egg, meringue, nutrition, sac, whites

PREP.

from, from, in, on, with, without

ADV.

everywhere

Definitions

noun

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.

To make meringue, you have to separate the white from the yolk.

The grease in a sheep's fleece; lanolin.

Wool-growers appear to entertain different opinions in regard to the effect which yolk has on the value of the fleece. Some seem to suppose that the aggregate amount which they receive for their wool is increased from the greater weight which it possesses by being charged with this substance[…]

verb

To produce yolk.

This is surprising in that these females were yolking up their clutch of eggs

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Synonyms

noun — nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an

vitellus

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

To make meringue, you have to separate the white from the yolk.

Wiktionary

Wool-growers appear to entertain different opinions in regard to the effect which yolk has on the value of the fleece. Some seem to suppose that the aggregate amount which they receive for their wool

Wiktionary

This is surprising in that these females were yolking up their clutch of eggs

Wiktionary

Place them on the baking sheet, then glaze them with egg yolk.

Tatoeba · #453592

Even if I use both hands, I can't crack an egg without breaking the yolk.

Tatoeba · #1430129

In the egg yolk, there are more proteins than in egg whites.

Tatoeba · #1778763

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