the hard-shelled oval reproductive body produced by a bird
an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes that is capable of developing into a new individual
= ovum
the egg of domestic poultry, etc, used as food
a food prepared with such an egg
something resembling a hen's an egg in shape
dated, informal a person
a good egg
have egg on one's face
to be made to look foolish
have/put all one's eggs in one basket
to be relying on one thing for success
eggy adj
[Middle English egge from Old Norse egg]