egg

n.

1. ovum, seed, germ, spawn, roe, bud, embryo, nucleus, cell, berry*, hen fruit*.

   Eggs commonly used as food include: hen, duck, goose, quail, turtle, fish, ostrich, guinea hen.

2. Sizes and grades of eggs include: fancy, select, farm, ranch, western, day-old, fresh, cold-storage, large pullet, medium, small, large, jumbo, white, brown; grade AA, A, B.

3. Prepared eggs include: fried, scrambled, poached, deviled, coddled, hard boiled, hard-cooked, soft boiled, soft-cooked, creamed, shirred, stuffed, soufflé, raw, buttered, baked, on toast, dropped, goldenrod; egg salad, ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, eggs Benedict, omelet, frittata, egg foo yong, over easy*, sunnyside up*, up*, bull's eye*, two shipwrecked on a raft*.

lay an egg*

put <strong>or </strong>have all one's eggs in one basket*