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egg white

American  
[eg wahyt, hwahyt] / ˈɛg ˌwaɪt, ˌʰwaɪt /

noun

  • egg whites
    plural
  1. the white of an egg, especially a hen's egg, used in cooking; albumen.


egg white British  

noun

  1. the white of an egg; albumen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of egg white

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Eventually, membrane or no, there will be some gas exchange, causing the egg white to become more watery and leak into the yolk, ultimately breaking the yolk.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2025

The tasks included determining the logical order of two statements, or answering questions involving physical reasoning, such as how to separate an egg white from a yolk or how to make a cup of tea.

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2024

The concentration of protein in egg white is a bit higher, so it doesn't take long to create a stable foam.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2024

“You have to cook the egg white, but not the yolk,” explains executive chef Yannick Franques.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2023

Then, two days after Henrietta went home from the hospital, Mary saw what looked like little rings of fried egg white around the clots at the bottoms of each tube.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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