Easter egg

1. A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter.

2. A hidden message or feature, as in a video game or DVD.

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Easter egg

1. an egg given to children at Easter, usually a chocolate egg or a hen's egg with its shell painted

2. (Computer Science) a bonus or extra feature hidden inside a website, computer game, or DVD, that is only revealed after repeated or lengthy viewing or playing

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Eas′ter egg`

1. a dyed or painted hen's egg used as an Easter gift or decoration.

2. an imitation of this, as an egg-shaped candy.

easter egg

A hidden element in a program or website that gives the user extra content when it is found.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Easter egg - an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts chocolate egg - egg-shaped chocolate candy candy egg - egg-shaped candy
	2.	Easter egg - a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter hard-boiled egg, hard-cooked egg - an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify

Translations

بَيْضٌ لعِيدِ الفِصْحبَيْضَة الفِصْح

velikonoční vajíčko

påskeæg

OstereiEasteregg

πασχαλινό αβγό

huevo de Pascua

pääsiäismuna

œuf de Pâques

uskršnje jaje

húsvéti tojás

páskaegg

uovo di Pasqua uovo pasquale

復活祭の卵

부활절 달걀

kraslica

påskägg

ไข่อีสเตอร์

Paskalya yumurtası

писанка

trứng Phục sinh

复活节彩蛋

Easter egg

n → uovo di Pasqua

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Easter

(ˈiːstə) noun

a Christian festival held in the spring, to celebrate Christ's coming back to life after the Crucifixion.

Easter egg

a decorated egg, especially one made of chocolate, eaten at Easter.

easter egg

→ بَيْضٌ لعِيدِ الفِصْح velikonoční vajíčko påskeæg Osterei πασχαλινό αβγό huevo de Pascua pääsiäismuna œuf de Pâques uskršnje jaje uovo di Pasqua 復活祭の卵 부활절 달걀 paasei påskeegg pisanka ovo de Páscoa пасхальное яйцо påskägg ไข่อีสเตอร์ Paskalya yumurtası trứng Phục sinh 复活节彩蛋

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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