An egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water. It can be hard-boiled or soft-boiled.

A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter and, in the Western European tradition, sometimes hidden for children to find.

A dish made primarily of chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise, often including other ingredients such as celery or mustard; it is frequently used as a sandwich spread.

The clear part of an egg surrounding the yolk, which turns white when cooked or beaten.

(usually in the plural) A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk. / (slang) The gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces etc.

The yellow central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg.

A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing.

(Canada, US, informal) Zero; nothing. / (informal) A swelling caused by a bump on the head.

(Britain) An egg, usually from a hen, that has been pickled in vinegar, giving the outside a brown colour.

(idiomatic) A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoilt by the bad.