/eɡ/
Translation
A round food with a hard shell that comes from a bird, often a hen.
Word origin
From Old Norse egg, which took the place of the older English word.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- egg
Grammar
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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