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Collocations for egg - noun

1. of birds/as food

ADJECTIVE

fresh
bad, rotten
free-range, organic
chicken, duck, hen's, quail's, etc.
unhatched
boiled, devilled/deviled, fried, hard-boiled, poached, scrambled, soft-boiled
raw
beaten
Scotch (BrE)
chocolate, Easter

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… OF EGGS

clutch
She lays a clutch of four eggs on average.
box (BrE), carton (AmE)

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VERB + egg

lay, produce
deposit (of insects, reptiles, etc.)
The beetles deposit their eggs in fields.
hatch
incubate
emerge from, hatch from
guard, protect
The males stay and guard the eggs.
bury
Many reptiles bury their eggs.
collect
boil, cook, fry, poach, scramble
break, crack
Crack two eggs into the mixture.
separate
Separate the eggs, putting the whites to one side.
beat, whisk
brush sth with
Brush the pastry with a little beaten egg.

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egg + VERB

hatch
break, crack

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egg + NOUN

shell (usually eggshell)
white, yolk
box (BrE), carton (AmE)
laying, production
cup
mayonnaise, noodles, pasta, roll (= a type of Chinese food consisting of a thin tube of pastry filled with vegetables and/or meat and fried), salad, sandwich
wash
Brush the dough with egg wash.
timer
beater (esp. AmE) (whisk in BrE)
hunt
We're just decorating eggs for the egg hunt.

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PHRASES

the white of an egg, the yolk of an egg
bacon and eggs, ham and eggs
a breakfast of bacon and eggs

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2. cell from which a new young creature is formed

ADJECTIVE

fertilized
unfertilized
donor
Many women conceive through the use of a donor egg.

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VERB + egg

fertilize
Only one sperm fertilizes an egg.
produce, release
donate

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egg + NOUN

donor
donation
removal
formation
cell
sac

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PHRASES

the nucleus of an egg

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