egg white
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a remodelled form of Middle English whit of an egge (“white of an egg”). Compare Old Norse eggja-hvíta (“egg-white”), German Eiweiß.
Noun[edit]
egg white (countable and uncountable, plural egg whites)
Translations[edit]
clear part of an egg — see albumen
See also[edit]
- egg-white (adjective)