yolk
UK/jəʊk//joʊk/
yolk noun: the yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
Noun
yolk (countable and uncountable, plural yolks)
- The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
- To make meringue, you have to separate the white from the yolk.
- The grease in a sheep's fleece; lanolin.
- Wool-growers appear to entertain different opinions in regard to the effect which yolk has on the value of the fleece. Some seem to suppose that the aggregate amount which they receive for their wool is increased from the greater weight which it possesses by being charged with this substance[…]1846, The Cultivator, page 270
Verb
yolk (third-person singular simple present yolks, present participle yolking, simple past and past participle yolked)
- To produce yolk.
- This is surprising in that these females were yolking up their clutch of eggs1981, Barbara Rae Rose, Activity and Reproduction in Iguanid Lizards, page 12
yolk meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
yolk in Hindi
- yellow of egg
- ज़रदी zardī, ज़र्दी zardī
yolk in Tamil
- yellow of egg
- கரு karu, மஞ்சள் கரு mañcaḷ karu
yolk in Urdu
- yellow of egg
- زَرْدِی zardī
yolk in Bengali
- yellow of egg
- কুসুম kuśum
More languagesFewer languages
- yolk in Malayalam
- മുട്ടയിലെ മഞ്ഞക്കരു, മുട്ടയുടെ ചെമപ്പ്, ആട്ടിൻതോലിലുണ്ടാകുന്ന നെയ്യ്
- yolk in Kannada
- ಜನೆ, ಬಂಡಾರ, ಕೆಂಪು, ಚಂದ್ರ
- yolk in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ਰਦੀ zardī
- yolk in Gujarati
- જરદી jardī
- yolk in Assamese
- কুহুম kuhum
- yolk in Nepali
- योल्क
- yolk in Tagalog
- pula ng itlog, apyak, burok
- yolk in Arabic
- صَفَار اَلْبَيْض ṣafār al-bayḍ, أَصْفَر اَلْبَيْض ʔaṣfar al-bayḍ, مُحّ muḥḥ
- yolk in Malay
- kuning telur, yolka
- yolk in Indonesian
- kuning telur
- yolk in Persian
- زرده zarde
- yolk in Thai
- ไข่แดง kài-dɛɛng
- yolk in Vietnamese
- lòng đỏ
- yolk in Myanmar
- အနှစ် a.hnac
- Kashmiri
- زوٗن zūn
Examples of yolk in a sentence
- The lecithin in egg yolks is often used as an emulsifier.
- In the mayolike blend, the yolk created sturdy links between pigment particles, resulting in stiffer paint.
- “I knew you been dreamin’ about yolk this whole time, gworl.
Synonyms of yolk
Forms of yolk
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | yolks |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yelk |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | yolks |
| present participle | yolking |
| past participle | yolked |
| past | yolked |
Origin of yolk
From Middle English yolke, yelke, ȝolke, ȝelke, from Old English ġeolca, ġeoloca, ġioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”), derived from Old English ġeolu (“yellow”) + -ca (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from yolk
Phrases with yolk
Words that rhyme with yolk
Questions about yolk
- What does yolk mean?
- Yolk means the yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
- What is yolk in Hindi?
- Yolk in Hindi is ज़रदी (zardī), ज़र्दी (zardī). See Yolk meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yolk?
- Yolk can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce yolk?
- Yolk is pronounced /jəʊk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yolk?
- The plural of yolk is yolks.
Words near yolk in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yolk (page history and authors); yolk (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yolk (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜ਼ਰਦੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); yolk (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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