Want to find out what does the word yelk mean? We gathered all the possible definitions of the word yelk on our website. Our definition dictionary is updated all the time with new definitions and is ready to help you.
yelk
Part of speech: NounThe yellow part of an egg- more commonly written yolk.
Usage examples "yelk":- The layer of organic units lying in contact with the yelk must be those through which the yelk is absorbed; and so must be adapted to the absorbent office. - "Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I", Herbert Spencer.
- The yelk, being lighter than the white, rises upward, and the germ being still lighter, rises in the yelk. - "The American Woman's Home", Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- A small glass tube is then introduced through an opening in the shell and membranes of the other end of the egg, and is secured in a vertical position by wax or plaster of Paris, the tube penetrating the yelk. - "A Practical Physiology", Albert F. Blaisdell.