/eɡ/

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Meaning

A round food with a hard shell that comes from a bird, often a hen.

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Word origin

From Old Norse egg, which took the place of the older English word.

Origin
Old Norse
Root
egg

Grammar

Gender
Pluraleggs

Examples

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"Egg" is one round food with a hard shell.

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"Eggs" is the plural, meaning more than one egg.

hen .

Here "egg" is what the bird keeps warm.

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This word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 4: egg, account, nervous and 7 more words.