Definition of Egg yolk

1. Noun. The yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen.

Exact synonyms: Yolk
Generic synonyms: Fixings, Ingredient
Group relationships: Egg, Eggs

Definition of Egg yolk

1. Noun. The yellow central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Egg yolk

1. The stored nutrient of the egg and the yellow portion of the egg of a bird. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Egg Yolk

egg sandwich
egg shell nail
egg slice
egg somebody on
egg squash
egg squashes
egg tart
egg teeth
egg timer
egg timers
egg tooth
egg wash
egg white
egg whites
egg yoke
egg yolk (current term)
egg yolks
eggar
eggars
eggball
eggbeater
eggbeaters
eggbound
eggbox
eggboxes
eggburger
eggburgers
eggcorn
eggcorns
eggcup

Literary usage of Egg yolk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"In preparing the egg media about 1 ce of the egg-yolk suspension ... Eggs known to be recently produced are preferable for the egg-yolk suspension, ..."

2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1898)
"Yolk of Egg. The solids of egg-yolk consist chiefly of a mixture of pr ot eids, together with a considerable proportion of fat. Other constituents are small ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"He affirms that the phosphorus of egg yolk is present as inorganic phosphates, that the choline existe only as a degradation product of ..."

4. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach, Andrew Lincoln Winton (1913)
"The Egg-yolk.—This is much more complex in composition than the white. Halliburton thus enumerates the constituents of the yolk: (a) Proteins. ..."

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