egg

noun

An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.

Other meanings

A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury.

A kind of

ovum

Kinds of egg

roe
silkworm seed

Example sentences

“You put ketchup on your eggs?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Conveyor belts take the eggs directly to the packing area.”
Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0
“The eggs are cracked.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old Norse "egg".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “egg” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.