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EASTER EGG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Easter egg" is a kind of...):
hard-boiled egg; hard-cooked egg (an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Easter egg" is a kind of...):
candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Easter egg"):
chocolate egg (egg-shaped chocolate candy)
candy egg (egg-shaped candy)
