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Meaning of "yolk" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD YOLK

Old English geoloca, from geoluyellow.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF YOLK

yolk  [jəʊk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YOLK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Yolk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YOLK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

yolk

Egg yolk

The yolk is a part of an egg that feeds the developing embryo in animals. In whole eggs, 10% of the protein comes from the yolk. Also known as deutoplasm, this food material is accumulated during oogenesis, together with RNA molecules and other substances. These may be synthesized by the oocyte itself or by the cytoplasm of other non-germ cells. The amount of yolk in an egg cell affects the developmental processes that follow fertilization, like the cleavage. Apart from animals, other organisms, like algae, specially in the oogamous, can also accumulate resources in their female gametes. In gymnosperms, the remains of the female gametophyte serve also as food supply, and in flowering plants, the endosperm.

Definition of yolk in the English dictionary

The definition of yolk in the dictionary is the substance in an animal ovum consisting of protein and fat that nourishes the developing embryo related adjective vitelline. Other definition of yolk is a greasy substance secreted by the skin of a sheep and present in the fleece.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOLK


bespoke
bɪˈspəʊk
broke
brəʊk
choke
tʃəʊk
coke
kəʊk
folk
fəʊk
hon.
həʊk
joke
dʒəʊk
oak
əʊk
oke
əʊk
poke
pəʊk
Polk
pəʊk
roque
rəʊk
smoke
sməʊk
soak
səʊk
Soc.
səʊk
spoke
spəʊk
stoke
stəʊk
stroke
strəʊk
toque
təʊk
woke
wəʊk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YOLK

yokeless
yokelish
yokemate
yoker
yoking
Yokohama
Yokosuka
Yokozuna
Yokozuni
yoldring
yolk sac
yolkless
yolky
yom
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur War
yom tov
Yomim Noro´im
yomp
yon

WORDS THAT END LIKE YOLK

country folk
egg yolk
fisherfolk
gentlefolk
Herrenvolk
hillfolk
holk
kinfolk
kinsfolk
little folk
menfolk
merfolk
Norfolk
seafolk
Suffolk
townsfolk
travelling folk
volk
womenfolk
workfolk

Synonyms and antonyms of yolk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «yolk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YOLK

Find out the translation of yolk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of yolk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «yolk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蛋黄
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

yema
570 millions of speakers

English

yolk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जर्दी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صَفَارُ البَيْض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

желток
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gema do ovo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডিমের কুসুম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jaune d’œuf
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kuning telur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eidotter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

卵の黄身
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노른자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Yolk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lòng đỏ trứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மஞ்சள் கரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंड्यातील पिवळ बलक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumurta sarısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tuorlo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żółtko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жовток
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gălbenuș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρόκος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

äggula
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

eggeplomme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of yolk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YOLK»

The term «yolk» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.817 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YOLK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «yolk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «yolk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about yolk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YOLK»

Discover the use of yolk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yolk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Yolk: short stories
A collection of stories set in Eastern Europe tells the stories of a young boy at different stages of his growth, a plain country woman who is married by gluttonous men for her cooking talents, a village girl who stands up to her abusive ...
Josip Novakovich, 1995
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Should I Eat the Yolk: Separating Facts from Myths to Get ...
IS IT TRUE? OR IS IT A MYTH? This handy guide gives you real answers to all these and many more common health and fitness claims.
Jamie Hale, 2010
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Chicken Egg Yolk Antibodies, Production And, Application: ...
Protocols on how to keep and immunise hens and on the extraction, isolation and use of antibodies from yolk are described in detail in this manual.
Rüdiger Schade, 2001
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Donald School Textbook of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and ...
4"5 Table 15.4 refers on yolk sac diameter and vascularity between 6 and 12 weeks of gestation in normal pregnancies.34 The ultrasound appearance of the yolk sac has already been proposed as a prognostic parameter for the outcome of ...
Asim Kurjak, 2008
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The Prokaryotes: Vol. 4: Bacteria: Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria
The most common procedure for isolation and presumptive identification of B. cereus is based on the egg yolk reaction (Doyle et al., 1985). In this reaction, turbidity develops in egg yolk or in agar that contains egg yolk. It is caused by an  ...
Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, 2006
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Food Chemistry
... egg – a schematic representation. Egg yolk: 1 germinal disc (blastoderm), 2 yolk membrane, 3 latebra, 4 a layer of light colored yolk, 5 a layer of dark colored yolk, 6 chalaza, 7 egg white (albumen) thin gel, 8 albumen thick gel, 9 pores ...
H.-D. Belitz, Werner Grosch, Peter Schieberle, 2009
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Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor
The unsuspected nature of an egg yolk. behold the egg, whole and raw, in its shell. Where is the yolk? No doubt, the physicists will say, on a vertical axis—for reasons of symmetry. Yet there are other possibilities. The yolk could be in the upper ...
Herve This, 2013
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Ultrasound Secrets
When does the yolk sac normally become visible? The yolk sac identified by ultrasound is actually the secondary yolk sac, which forms at 28 days, but is usually identified on the transvaginal scan at 5 weeks' gestation (mean gestational sac ...
‎2004
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Functionality of Egg Yolk Lecithin and Protein and ...
A manuscript to be submitted to the Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society Guang Wang1 and Tong Wang1,2 ABSTRACT Egg yolk lecithin (EYL) is a good source of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and it ...
Guang Wang, 2007
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The Science of Cooking
Both the white and yolk contain proteins that will, when suitably heated, undergo chemical reactions to make them solidify. Controlling these reactions allows the cook to control the firmness of the white and yolk in a boiled egg. As eggs cook ...
Peter Barham, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YOLK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term yolk is used in the context of the following news items.
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This powerful solar smartphone charger fits between the pages of a …
A couple of green entrepreneurs in South Korea are aiming to make solar power beautiful enough for the everyday smartphone user. The people at Yolk, a solar ... «Tech in Asia, Jul 15»
2
Super thin Solar Paper charges an iPhone fast
A company called YOLK is hoping to solve both of those problems with its Solar Paper charger that they claim is the lightest and thinnest solar charger to date. «Treehugger, Jul 15»
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Yolk restaurant to open in Fort Worth's Sundance Square
“We believe Yolk will quickly become the hot spot for an early morning breakfast or light lunch,” said Johnny Campbell, president and CEO of Sundance Square. «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
4
Solar Paper Solar Panel Can Charge Your Phone In 2.5 Hours
At only a little larger than a dollar bill and 0.45 inches thick at its thickest, the solar charger, built by Yolk, is only 13 percent of the size of the previous largest ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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How to turn an egg inside out and other kitchen hacks with eggs
The yolk of the egg is more dense than the albumen (white), so when spun rapidly, centrifugal forces draw the runny yolk towards the shell, while the white is ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
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Video shows how to make an INSIDE OUT boiled egg
When you spin the egg rapidly, the runny yolk is drawn towards the edge of the egg via the centrifugal force, while the albumen is pushed to the centre. «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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How To Cook An Egg Inside Out And Pull Off The Ultimate Practical …
While we're all accustomed to a yellow yolk encircled by gummy whites, this trick will put the egg's thing down, flip it and reverse it ... or something. You'll need ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
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M&S Introduces Boxes of Guaranteed Double-Yolk Eggs
British retailer Marks & Spencer has launched a new cartoon of guaranteed double-yolk eggs, offering customers more essential fats, vitamins and minerals per ... «HUH., Feb 15»
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M&S to sell boxes of guaranteed double-yolk eggs
Marks & Spencer has launched a carton of guaranteed double-yolk eggs, despite the probability of finding just one being one in 1,000. The six packs of British ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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How to Put Your Egg Down, Flip It and Reverse It (Video)
The cooking hack video above will cure your breakfast boredom with an easy, five-step process to “reverse” an egg — essentially, having a solid yolk surround ... «PEOPLE Great Ideas, Feb 15»

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