eggnoun
uk/eɡ/us/eɡ/egg noun (FOOD)
A1 [ C or U ] the oval object with a hard shell that is produced by female birds, especially chickens, eaten as food:
[ C ] an object that is made in the shape of a bird's egg:
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- Mix the butter with the sugar and then add the egg.
- Crack three eggs into a bowl and mix them together.
- Could you get me half a dozen eggs when you go to the shop?
- We had bacon and eggs for breakfast.
- I like eggs lightly cooked so that the yolk is still runny.
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Dairy products & eggs
- albumen
- butter
- buttermilk
- buttery
- clotted cream
- dried milk
- egg white
- egg yolk
- evaporated milk
- frittata
- light cream
- milk
- pasteurize
- semi-skimmed
- single cream
- skimmed milk
- whipping cream
- whole milk
- yogurt
- yolk
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egg noun (REPRODUCTION)
B2 [ C ] an oval object, often with a hard shell, that is produced by female birds and particular reptiles and insects, and contains a baby animal that comes out when it is developed:
[ C ] a cell produced by a woman or female animal from which a baby can develop if it combines with a male sex cell:
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- Once an egg is fertilized by the sperm, it becomes an embryo.
- An attempt to implant an embryo using an egg from an anonymous woman donor was unsuccessful.
- Genes determine how we develop from the moment the sperm fuses with the egg.
- A blackbird's egg is blue with brown speckles on it.
- In human reproduction, one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.
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Animal reproduction
- asexual
- asexual reproduction
- bird
- breed
- breeding
- embryo
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- reproduction
- seminal
- spawning ground
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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