eggcoddler
nounUK /ˈeɡˌkɒdlə/
US /ˈeɡˌkɑːdlər/
A small cup with a lid that you use to cook an egg in hot water.
She put the egg in the eggcoddler and set it in the pot of boiling water.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A small pot or cup used for gently cooking or serving a coddled egg.
The ceramic eggcoddler kept the egg warm until breakfast.
3. A kitchen device designed to hold an egg while it cooks in simmering water.
He bought a buttered eggcoddler for making soft-cooked eggs.
4. A person or thing that coddles eggs, especially in cooking.
As an eggcoddler, she preferred gentle heat to keep the yolk runny.