definitions or differences would be nice.
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2006-11-05 10:34:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
No. A yoke is the harness that an ox wears. It also refers to the shoulders on a shirt or blouse. A yolk is the yellow part of an egg.
2006-11-05 10:36:24 · answer #1 · answered by DavidNH 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Noe, they are not the same thing. YOLK is what you find in the middle of an egg(the yellow stuff) Yoke is something that is used on a farm when animals need to be harnessed together to do some work. It is something that usually goes around the neck.
2006-11-05 10:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by cbellsew 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yolk of an egg - the yellow bit.
Yoke is the thing that goes round the neck of a beast (ox for example) to attach it to the plough. Prisoners chained together are said to be yoked together.
2006-11-05 10:37:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO, not at all. Yoke=a wooden crosspiece fastened over the necks of two oxen. and bond in union ,as in marriage. Yolk=the yellow center of an egg.
2006-11-05 10:39:27 · answer #4 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yoke (yōk)
n.
A crossbar with two U-shaped pieces that encircle the necks of a pair of oxen or other draft animals working together.
pl. yoke or yokes. A pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke.
A bar used with a double harness to connect the collar of each horse to the pole of a wagon or coach.
A frame designed to be carried across a person's shoulders with equal loads suspended from each end.
Nautical. A crossbar on a ship's rudder to which the steering cables are connected.
A clamp or vise that holds a machine part in place or controls its movement or that holds two such parts together.
A piece of a garment that is closely fitted, either around the neck and shoulders or at the hips, and from which an unfitted or gathered part of the garment is hung.
Something that connects or joins together; a bond or tie.
Electronics. A series of two or more magnetic recording heads fastened securely together for playing or recording on more than one track simultaneously.
Any of various emblems of subjugation, such as a structure made of two upright spears with a third laid across them, under which conquered enemies of ancient Rome were forced to march in subjection.
The condition of being subjugated by or as if by a conqueror; subjugation or bondage: 14th-century Russia under the Tartar yoke; the yoke of drug addiction.
v., yoked, yok·ing, yokes.
v.tr.
To fit or join with a yoke.
To harness a draft animal to.
To harness (a draft animal) to a vehicle or an implement.
1 a : the yellow spheroidal mass of stored food that forms the inner portion of the egg of a bird or reptile and is surrounded by the white -- see EGG illustration b archaic : the whole contents of an animal ovum consisting of a protoplasmic formative portion and an inert nutritive portion c : material stored in an animal ovum that supplies food to the developing embryo and consists chiefly of proteins, lecithin, and cholesterol
2 [akin to Middle Dutch ieke yolk (of wool), Old English Eowu ewe] : oily material in unprocessed sheep wool consisting of wool fat, suint, and debris
To join securely as if with a yoke; bind: partners who were yoked together for life.
To force into heavy labor, bondage, or subjugation.
v.intr.
To become joined securely.
[Middle English, from Old English geoc.]
2006-11-05 10:36:52 · answer #5 · answered by Jocelyn L 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yoke is a harness you put on a mule and yolk is part of an egg
2006-11-05 10:36:24 · answer #6 · answered by cwb63ss 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yolk = yellow part of an egg
yoke = wooden rod used as leverage to carry heavy objects
2006-11-05 10:35:59 · answer #7 · answered by evilive 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋