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How to spell yolk
Yolk is spelled Y-O-L-K.
What it means: The yellow part of an egg.
In a sentence: The egg yolk is bright yellow.
The part people get wrong
Watch for a silent l.
Not to be confused with: yoke, a different word.
Same family: egg, albumen, embryo, nutrient, shell. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Yolk comes from Old English "geolca," related to "geolu," meaning yellow, which also gave us the word "yellow" itself. The silent "l" in "yolk" is a later spelling influence and is not pronounced in standard modern English.
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