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Yolk

/jəʊk/

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

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noun

1
The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
2
The grease in a sheep's fleece.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Yolk"

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endogenous	Produced, originating or growing from within.
ambernoun	A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
yellowish	Somewhat yellow in colour.
yellownoun	The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
frynoun	(usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato.
bagnoun	A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
flue-curednoun	—
luteanoun	—
germnoun	A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
vitellusnoun	(now rare, biology) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk.
egg yolknoun	The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.
vitellinenoun	Of, pertaining to, or resembling the yolk of an egg.
yolk sacnoun	(anatomy) A membranous sac attached to an embryo, providing early nourishment in the form of yolk in bony fishes, sharks, reptiles, birds, and primitive mammals.
deutoplasmnoun	(biology) The food matter located in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
vitellinnoun	(biochemistry) A protein found in egg yolk.
germinal discnoun	(biology) Alternative form of germinal disk. [(biology) a small circular white spot on the surface of the yolk of an egg]
yelknoun	Obsolete form of yolk. [The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.]
foodyolknoun	The yolk of an egg, especially when used as food for the developing embryo.
eggyolknoun	Alternative form of egg yolk. [The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.]
egg whitenoun	The clear part of an egg surrounding the yolk, which turns white when cooked or beaten.