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The inner part of an egg.

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Usage examples (29)
  • Separate the egg whites from the yoke for the cake recipe.
  • Make sure to scrape the sides of the bowl after each egg yolk is added.
  • Sometimes the pieces of pigeon are dipped in yolk of egg instead of oil.
  • That may take a few days and then that egg yolk is now cemented to the plate ...
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  • Another word that sounds like "yolk" which is the yellow part of an egg, is "yoke" which is a wooden frame for oxen.
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