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# yolk

noun (a yolk, yolks; yolk, uncountable)

«yolk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The yolk is the round yellow or orange part in the middle of an egg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#m1)
2. In science, the yolk is the food store for a growing baby bird or other animal inside the egg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on life cycles, the yolk feeds the chick growing inside the egg, and the white (albumen) protects it. In cooking, yolks and whites are separated for cakes and custard; a runny yolk is soft-boiled. Safety: wash hands after touching raw eggs. Phrases: «egg yolk», «runny yolk», «separate the yolk from the white».

### Examples

- I like my egg with a runny yolk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#x1)
- The yolk feeds the chick inside the egg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#x2)
- Separate the yolks from the whites for the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#x3)
- Some eggs have two yolks! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#x4)
- The recipe needs 3 yolks, so we cracked 3 eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#x5)
- Egg yolk is bright yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#x6)
- But in place of the white and the yolk of the egg, a little yellow Chick, fluffy and gay and smiling, escaped from it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/#x7)

### Note

Countable: «a yolk, yolks». The l is silent: sounds like «yoke». Homophone trap: «yoke» is a wooden bar for pulling animals. The white of an egg is not called the yolk.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «yolk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yolk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yolk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yolk.html) on Mova free.