HOW TO PRONOUNCE
yolk
/joʊk/
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The l is silent.
Begin with y and the vowel in go, then move straight to k.
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“The egg had a bright yellow yolk.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does yolk mean?
noun
- The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
- The grease in a sheep's fleece; lanolin.
verb
- To produce yolk.
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IPA pronunciation
/joʊk/
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Make a paste with a quarter pound of flour, the yolk of two eggs, a little salt and two ounces of butter.
And so the people of my part, struck by the resemblance, call this mushroom lou rousset d'iou, or, in other words, yolk of egg.