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yolks

UK/jəʊks/US/joʊks/

yolks is the plural of yolk.

Meaning of yolk

Noun

yolk (countable and uncountable, plural yolks)

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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Questions about yolks

What is yolks the plural of?
Yolks is the plural of yolk.
How do you pronounce yolks?
Yolks is pronounced /jəʊks/ (UK).

Words near yolks in the dictionary

  1. yolkier
  2. yolkiest
  3. yolkiness
  4. yolkless
  5. yolklessness
  6. yolks
  7. yolksac
  8. yolksacs
  9. yolky
  10. yoll
  11. Yolla

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