egg white
Appearance
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.
Pronunciation
[edit]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)