Synonyms for egg
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Oeuf — an approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often…
3. Goose egg — A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1). A score of zero; specifically (cricket), a…
Definitions
- n. 1
An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell during its development. The (usually) non-developing, edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
We made a big omelette with three eggs for breakfast.
- n. 2
A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1). A score of zero; specifically (cricket), a batter's failure to score; a duck egg or duck's egg.
- n. 3
An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
- n. 4
An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell during its development. A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- eggs → balls, testicles, nuts, testes…
Example sentences
- nut With difficulty, I crack a nut with my bare hands.
- testicle My hamster has a swollen testicle on one side.
By length
- 3 letters
- hey1, nut1
- 4 letters
- love1, ball1, germ1, yolk1, ovum2, oeuf
- 5 letters
- huevo, glair
- 6 letters
- embryo3, testis, orchis
- 7 letters
- albumen, bollock
- 8 letters
- testicle3, vitellus
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ovum2 = 2 syllables).