- egg
- noun1 of birds/as foodADJECTIVE▪ fresh▪ bad, rotten▪ free-range, organic▪ chicken, duck, hen's, quail's, etc.▪ unhatched▪ boiled, devilled/deviled, fried, hard-boiled, poached, scrambled, soft-boiled▪ raw▪ beaten▪ Scotch (BrE)▪ chocolate, Easter… OF EGGS▪ clutch▪
She lays a clutch of four eggs on average.
▪ box (BrE), carton (AmE)VERB + EGG▪ lay, produce▪ deposit (of insects, reptiles, etc.)▪The beetles deposit their eggs in fields.
▪ hatch▪ incubate▪ emerge from, hatch from▪ guard, protect▪The males stay and guard the eggs.
▪ bury▪Many reptiles bury their eggs.
▪ collect▪ boil, cook, fry, poach, scramble▪ break, crack▪Crack two eggs into the mixture.
▪ separate▪Separate the eggs, putting the whites to one side.
▪ beat, whisk▪ brush sth with▪Brush the pastry with a little beaten egg.
EGG + VERB▪ hatch▪ break, crackEGG + NOUN▪ shell (usually eggshell)▪ white, yolk▪ box (BrE), carton (AmE)▪ laying, production▪ cup▪ mayonnaise, noodles, pasta, roll (= a type of Chinese food consisting of a thin tube of pastry filled with vegetables and/or meat and fried) (AmE), salad, sandwich▪ wash▪Brush the dough with egg wash.
▪ timer▪ beater (esp. AmE) (whisk in BrE)▪ hunt▪We're just decorating eggs for the egg hunt.
PHRASES▪ the white of an egg, the yolk of an egg▪ bacon and eggs, ham and eggs▪a breakfast of bacon and eggs
2 cell from which a new young creature is formedADJECTIVE▪ fertilized▪ unfertilized▪ donor▪Many women conceive through the use of a donor egg.
VERB + EGG▪ fertilize▪Only one sperm fertilizes an egg.
▪ produce, release▪ donateEGG + NOUN▪ donor▪ donation▪ removal▪ formation▪ cell▪ sacPHRASES▪ the nucleus of an egg
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
