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Definition egg in British English

egg noun

noun
/eɡ/
1

the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in. The mother bird lays an egg, and later the egg hatches and the baby bird comes out

Example

a hen's/pigeon's/sparrow's egg

Example

an ostrich egg

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1.1

a chicken's egg used as food

Example

We had scrambled eggs for breakfast.

Example

an egg sandwich

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2

a small object produced by a female insect, frog, snake etc, that a young animal comes out of

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Definition egg in British English