Food / A1

EG/eɡ/

An egg is an oval food from a bird, usually a hen. At breakfast it is boiled, fried, or scrambled. Countable: an egg, two eggs. “Egg” is also a useful classroom object word for a/an practice.

Meaning

An oval food that comes from a bird, often a hen.

Examples

• “I had an egg for breakfast.”
• “There are six eggs in the box.”

Good to know

an egg / two eggs. a boiled egg.

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