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eggless

/ˈɛɡləs/

eggless adjective: being such a food.

Adjective

eggless (not comparable)

  1. (usually) Being such a food.
    • an eggless cake
    • an eggless casserole
  2. (rare) Being such a mode of reproduction.
    • eggless reproduction
    • If a rose bush is completely free of aphids, it is the equivalent of a deserted island. The only possible infection is allo-infection, and this requires a winged aphid. Once it arrives, this allo-infecting aphid, which is invariably a female, will feed on its host and begin to reproduce. Unlike...1996, Raoul A. Robinson, “Chapter 4: Infection: Allo-Infection and Auto-Infection”, in Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence, AgAccess, →ISBN, pages 29-30

Examples of eggless in a sentence

  • You can vary eggless ice cream with flavors of your choice.2007 August 1, Mark Bittman, “From Eggless Custard, Summer’s Iced Treat”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 May 2021:
  • Soon, they too start their own sexless and eggless reproduction.1996, Raoul A. Robinson, “Chapter 4: Infection: Allo-Infection and Auto-Infection”, in Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce...

Origin of eggless

From egg + -less.

Words formed from eggless

Questions about eggless

What does eggless mean?
Eggless means being such a food.
How do you use eggless in a sentence?
You can vary eggless ice cream with flavors of your choice.
What part of speech is eggless?
Eggless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eggless?
Eggless is pronounced /ˈɛɡləs/.

Words near eggless in the dictionary

  1. Eggleden
  2. Eggledens
  3. eggler
  4. egglers
  5. Egglescliffe
  6. eggless
  7. egglessness
  8. Eggleston
  9. Egglestons
  10. Eggleton
  11. eggletonite

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