egg: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 5 letter points · starts with E · ends with G
Meaning of egg
noun
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable, specifically
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. The (usually) non-developing, edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
Example: We made a big omelette with three eggs for breakfast.
- broadly, countable
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. A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg.
- also, countable, uncountable
Synonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell.
Listed forms: eggs, egge.
Source: Wiktionary — egg.
verb
- transitive
To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).
Example: The angry demonstrators egged the riot police.
- transitive
To inadvertently or intentionally distort (the circular cross-section of something, such as tube) to an elliptical or oval shape.
Example: After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.
- transitive
To coat (a food ingredient) with or dip (a food ingredient) in beaten egg (noun sense 1.1.1) during the process of preparing a dish.
- intransitive
To collect the eggs (noun sense 1.1) of wild birds.
Listed forms: eggs, egging, egged, egge.
Source: Wiktionary — egg.
verb
- transitive
To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).
Listed forms: eggs, egging, egged, glossary, eggest.
Source: Wiktionary — egg.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for egg.
noun
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
noun
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is egg in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of egg
E(1) + G(2) + G(2) = 5 points.
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Anagrams of egg
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Shorter words from egg
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