yoke vs. yolk

yoke

 

yoke

(a wooden bar fastened across the necks of two oxen and attached to the plow)

  • I had to borrow a yoke and two oxen to plow the field.

literary (a situation or an experience that restricts your freedom and makes life very difficult to endure)

  • The country is still under the yoke of a dictator.
  • He is tied to the yoke of tradition.

 

yolk

(the yellow part of an egg)

  • You like the yolk runny, don’t you?
  • Only the yolk contains cholesterol.

 

 

 

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