Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.

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    dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg

Examples

1 sentences
  1. It looked like an eggcup suitable for a goose egg.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten:

Origin

From egg + cup. Compare Swedish äggkopp.

From egg + cup. Compare Swedish äggkopp.

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Forms

plural: eggcups
Singulareggcup
Pluraleggcups

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg:egg cup

Word family

1 related words
Derivedeggcupful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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