egg

1. 1.

   animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

   Broaderovum

   Narrowernitspawnroesilkworm seed

   Partschalazayolk
2. 2.

   oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

   Synonymseggs

   Broaderfoodstuff

   Partsegg whiteegg yolkshell
3. 3.

   one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

   “she kicked him in the balls and got away”

   Synonymstestistesticleorchisballballockbollocknut

   Broadermale reproductive glandgonad

   Narrowercobblersundescended testis

   Part ofmale reproductive systemmale genitalia

   Partstesticular arterytesticular veinseminiferous tubuleepididymisrete testisvas deferens

1. 1.

   throw eggs at

   Broaderpelt
2. 2.

   coat with beaten egg

   “egg a schnitzel”

   Broadercoat

   cooking

Other forms of egg

plural

eggs·

past tense

egged·

present participle

egging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about egg

What does egg mean?

egg means "animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in egg?

egg has 1 syllable: egg. In IPA it is /ˈɛɡ/.

What is another word for egg?

Close synonyms include eggs, testis, testicle, orchis, ball. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is egg a common word?

egg is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.