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thousand-year-old egg

thousand-year-old egg noun: a century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

Noun

thousand-year-old egg (plural thousand-year-old eggs)

  1. A century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

Forms of thousand-year-old egg

pluralthousand-year-old eggs

Questions about thousand-year-old egg

What does thousand-year-old egg mean?
Thousand-year-old egg means a century egg (a Chinese egg dish).
What part of speech is thousand-year-old egg?
Thousand-year-old egg is a noun.
What is the plural of thousand-year-old egg?
The plural of thousand-year-old egg is thousand-year-old eggs.

Words near thousand-year-old egg in the dictionary

  1. thousand-millionth
  2. thousand-yard stare
  3. thousand-yard stares
  4. thousand-year egg
  5. thousand-year eggs
  6. thousand-year-old egg
  7. thousand-year-old eggs
  8. thousandaire
  9. thousandaires
  10. thousandairess
  11. thousandairesses

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