Phrase guide
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noun
The clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: albumen, glair, white
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The white of a particular egg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: white, albumen, ovalbumin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ingredient, fixings
History
Probably a remodelled form of Middle English whit of an egge (“white of an egg”). Compare Old Norse eggja-hvíta (“egg-white”) (whence Icelandic eggjahvíta, Swedish äggvita, Danish æggehvide), Saterland Frisian Oaiwiet (“egg-white”), West Frisian aaiwyt (“egg-white”), Dutch eiwit (“egg-white”), German Low German Witt vun't Ei (“white of the egg”) beside Eiwitt (“egg-white”), German Eiweiß (“egg-white”).
Across languages
136 source translations are retained for this English entry.
