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OVALBUMIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
Example:
she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
Synonyms:
albumen; egg white; ovalbumin; white
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("ovalbumin" is a kind of...):
fixings; ingredient (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking)
Holonyms ("ovalbumin" is a part of...):
egg; eggs (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)
