eggholder
nounUK /ˈɛɡˌhəʊldə/
US /ˈɛɡˌhoʊldər/
A small cup or stand that holds a boiled egg while you eat it.
She put the boiled egg in the eggholder before breakfast.
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2. A device or container used to carry or store eggs safely.
The farmer packed the fresh eggs into a plastic eggholder for transport.
3. A person or machine that collects eggs on a farm.
The eggholder moved quickly along the henhouse rows.
4. In mathematics, a type of test function used in optimization problems.
The Eggholder function is often used to test optimization algorithms.