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Egg: Meaning, Examples, and Common Collocations (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：chicken egg (egg)

egg 🔊

/ɛɡ/

A common food, usually from a chicken, with a hard shell, a yellow yolk and clear white inside.

Two sunny-side-up fried eggs on a plate with toast, close-up view

chicken egg 🔊

➕

/ˈtʃɪkɪn ɛɡ/

An egg, typically from a chicken, used as a common food product. It consists of a hard shell, egg white, and yolk.

📁 Category：Diet & Health 🔖 Level：elementary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'æg', from Proto-Germanic '*ajją', related to Latin 'ovum'.

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a chicken egg with 'g' inside – just crack it open!

📖 Example

For a quick and healthy breakfast, I like to have an egg with some whole-wheat toast. 🔊 For a quick and healthy breakfast, I like to have an egg with some whole-wheat toast.

🔗 Collocations

hard-boiled egg – an egg cooked until both white and yolk are solid

scrambled eggs – eggs beaten and cooked in a pan, often with butter or milk

egg white – the clear liquid part of an egg that becomes white when cooked

🔄 Synonyms

ovum (n.) – the reproductive cell of an animal, also a scientific term for an egg

albumen (n.) – the white of an egg, a part of the whole egg

yolk (n.) – the yellow part of an egg, distinct from the white

🌱 Derivatives

eggless (adj.) – without egg

eggy (adj.) – resembling or tasting of egg

eggshell (n./adj.) – the hard outer covering of an egg; also a description of a thin, brittle texture

📖 Cultural Story

The word 'egg' has Germanic roots. Eggs have been a staple food for millennia. Ancient Romans used 'ovum', which gave rise to 'oval'. In English, 'egg' first appeared in the 14th century, replacing the earlier 'ey'.

Meaning 2：bird egg (egg)

egg 🔊

/ɛɡ/

An oval object with a shell, laid by female birds, reptiles, fish, or insects, from which their young come out.

bird egg 🔊

➕

/bɜːrd ɛɡ/

An oval reproductive body laid by female birds, reptiles, fish, or insects, from which young develop.

📁 Category：Animal Protection 🔖 Level：elementary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

We must be very careful not to disturb the bird's nest because it contains three delicate eggs. 🔊 We must be very careful not to disturb the bird's nest because it contains three delicate eggs.

🔗 Collocations

lay eggs – to produce eggs

hatch eggs – to cause eggs to break open and release young

egg tooth – a small sharp projection on the beak of a baby bird used to break the shell

🔄 Synonyms

ovum (n.) – a mature female reproductive cell, the biological counterpart of an egg

spawn (n.) – a mass of eggs laid by fish, amphibians, or other aquatic animals

roe (n.) – the eggs of a fish, especially as food

🌱 Derivatives

ovoid (adj.) – egg-shaped

oval (adj.) – elliptical, shaped like an egg

egg-shaped (adj.) – having the shape of an egg