yolk

== English == === Alternative forms === yelk (obsolete) === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jəʊk/ (US) IPA(key): /joʊk/, (dialectal) /jɔlk/ Homophone: yoke Rhymes: -əʊk, -əʊlk === 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. Synonyms: egg yolk, ovoplasma, vitellus Coordinate term: egg white The grease in a sheep's fleece; lanolin. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== yolk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === yolk (third-person singular simple present yolks, present participle yolking, simple past and past participle yolked) To produce yolk. == Fingallian == === Etymology === From Middle English yolke (“the core or centre of something”), from Old English ġeolca, ġeoloca, ġioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”). === Noun === yolk heart 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"): == Middle English == === Noun === yolk (Ayenbite, Northumberland) alternative form of yelke