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Egg

/eɪɡ/

An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.

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📖 Definitions of "Egg"

noun

1
An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
2
The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.
"I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise."
3
The female primary cell, the ovum.
4
Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.

verb

1
To throw eggs at.
2
To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
3
To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
"After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise."

🔄 Synonyms of "Egg"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
nutnoun	(food, loosely) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
ballnoun	A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
gonadnoun	(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
bollocknoun	(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
testiclenoun	(more commonly) Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball).
ballocknoun	Alternative spelling of bollock. [(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.]
testisnoun	(anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
eggs	a 1995 Norwegian comedy film by Bent Hamer.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Egg"

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Word	Definition
testiclenoun	(more commonly) Either half of the structure that contains the testes: one side of the scrotum and its contents, considered as one object (one half of the ballsack, including its ball).
gonadnoun	(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
testisnoun	(anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
nutnoun	(food, loosely) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
bollocknoun	(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
ballocknoun	Alternative spelling of bollock. [(British, Ireland, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.]
ballnoun	A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
ovipositionnoun	(zoology or paraphilia) The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.
ovumnoun	(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
oocytenoun	(cytology) A cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte.
embryonoun	In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
zygotenoun	(cytology, also attributive) A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.
embryonic	(embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.
footnoun	A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
somatic	Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
ovulenoun	(botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
spawningnoun	The process by which something spawns.
shellnoun	A hard external covering of an animal.
igenoun	A surname.
budnoun	(usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.