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egg noun

  /(j)ɛɡ/ , /eɪɡ/ , /ɛɡ/
  • An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
  • (by extension, countable) A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg.
  • (countable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
 muna
  • (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
 muna, kananmuna
  • A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury.
 kuhmu
  • (chiefly, sports) A score of zero; specifically (cricket) , a batter's failure to score; a duck egg or duck's egg.
 nolla

egg verb

  /(j)ɛɡ/ , /eɪɡ/ , /ɛɡ/
  • (transitive, obsolete, _, except in egg on) To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).
 yllyttää

egg verb

  /(j)ɛɡ/ , /eɪɡ/ , /ɛɡ/
  • To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).
 heittää kananmunilla
  • (cooking) To coat (a food ingredient) with or dip (a food ingredient) in beaten egg (noun sense 1.1.1) during the process of preparing a dish.
 kastaa kananmunaan, voidella kananmunalla
Easter egg
pääsiäismuna, suklaamuna
lay an egg
epäonnistua, munata, munia
nest egg
munitusmuna, pesämuna
love egg
muna
egg roll
kevätkääryle, vohvelirulla
poached egg
uppomuna
egg whisk
vispilä, vatkain
egg tooth
munahammas
scrambled egg
munakokkeli
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