1. yolk(n = noun.food) egg yolk - the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen;
is a kind of fixings, ingredient
is a part of egg, eggs
2. yolk(n = noun.animal) vitellus - nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg);
is a kind of food, nutrient
is a part of egg
1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. [1913 Webster]
2. An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. [1913 Webster]
yolk, n.
1 the yellow internal part of an egg that nourishes the young before it hatches.
2 Biol. the corresponding part of any animal ovum.
Idiom:
yolk-bag (or -sac) a membrane enclosing the yolk of an egg.
Derivative:
yolked adj. (also in comb.). yolkless adj. yolky adj.
yolk, n. = SUINT.
Etymology:
OE eowoca (unrecorded)
N yellowness, yellow, or, gamboge, cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow, orpiment, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin, xanthein, xanthin, zaofulvin, crocus, saffron, topaz, xanthite, yolk, jaundice, London fog, yellowness, icterus, xantho- cyanopia, xanthopsia, yellow, aureate, golden, flavous, citrine, fallow, fulvous, fulvid, sallow, luteous, tawny, creamy, sandy, xanthic, xanthous, jaundiced, auricomous, gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose- colored, creamcolored, xanthocarpous, xanthochroid, xanthopous, yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot, warm, advancing.