egg cup

noun

1. a small cuplike container, used for holding a boiled egg while it is being eaten

Example Sentences

"It only takes a half an egg cup of water to block a service pipe," she said.

From BBC

We may not be able to own a diamond-encrusted tiara or a robe trimmed in ermine, but we can get an Elizabeth letter opener or a Prince Charles and Princess Diana egg cup.

From Washington Post

Rising above the keepsakes is a gleaming silver-and-blue urn, shaped like an oversize egg in an egg cup.

From Los Angeles Times

It's my husband holding up the corner of the blanket for me, or the way that my grandmother cared for me when I was little and I couldn't sleep, the way my mother cared for me by, , bringing out coffee in my great great grandmother's egg cup, because I couldn't have very much.

From Salon

Sprinkle egg cup with fresh chives and serve next to a slice of cherry tomato toast.

From Seattle Times