yolk

Other forms of yolk

plural

yolks·

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 yolk

What does yolk mean?

yolk means "the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yolk?

yolk has 1 syllable: yolk. In IPA it is /ˈjoʊk/.

What is another word for yolk?

Close synonyms include egg yolk, vitellus. 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 yolk a common word?

yolk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with yolk?

1 word rhymes with yolk. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.