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egg

 
 
/eg/ noun

Translation

FOOD [C, U] an oval object produced by a female chicken, that you eat as food
yumurta
a boiled/fried egg 8721257
BABY [C] an oval object with a hard shell that contains a baby bird, insect, or other creature
(kuş, böcek vb.yavrusu taşıyan) yumurta
The bird lays (= produces) its eggs in a nest.3575011257
FEMALE CELL [C] a cell inside a female person or animal that can develop into a baby
(kadınlarda ve dişi hayvanlardaki) yumurta
3575011257
have egg on your face to seem stupid because of something you have done
aptallıkla suçlanan kişi olmak; yaptığından dolayı gerzek/aptal gibi görünmek
You'll be the one who has egg on your face if it goes wrong.11381017
→ See also Easter egg → See also scrambled eggs
(Definition of egg noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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