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eggette

eggette noun: synonym of egg waffle (“egg-shaped waffle popular in Hong Kong”).

Noun

eggette (plural eggettes)

  1. Synonym of egg waffle (“egg-shaped waffle popular in Hong Kong”).
    • This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped waffles beloved by local children and adults alike.2017, Piera Chen, Emily Matchar, Lonely Planet Pocket Hong Kong
    Synonyms:
    egg waffle
  2. (archaic) An egg-shaped briquet of coal.
    • […] an eggette or briquette manufacturing contract, where, by the compression of tar with these fine particles of culm, there are made pieces of coal about the size of an egg […]1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6358, page 2724

Synonyms of eggette

Forms of eggette

pluraleggettes

Origin of eggette

From egg + -ette.

Questions about eggette

What does eggette mean?
Eggette means synonym of egg waffle (“egg-shaped waffle popular in Hong Kong”).
What part of speech is eggette?
Eggette is a noun.
What is the plural of eggette?
The plural of eggette is eggettes.

Words near eggette in the dictionary

  1. Eggesford
  2. eggest
  3. eggetarian
  4. eggetarians
  5. eggeth
  6. eggette
  7. eggettes
  8. eggflation
  9. eggflies
  10. eggflip
  11. eggflips

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