wooden eggs

Darning tool shapes

Wooden eggs are egg-shaped objects carved or turned from wood, used as decoys in henhouses to encourage laying, as darning tools for mending socks, or as decorative items and children's toys.

They appear in craft stores and kitchen displays: She kept a bowl of wooden eggs on the counter.

The phrase sometimes describes something deceptively simple or fake.

Related

nest box · hen house · crafted · craft supplies · smooth · hollow · carved · ornamental · basket · spring · hens · decoy · polished · natural · handmade · collectible · folk art · turned

Opposites
material composition

wooden eggsraw eggs

Uncooked poultry ova

eggshells · Fabergé eggs · plastic eggs

authenticity/nature

wooden eggsfresh eggs

Recently produced ova

chicken eggs · bird eggs · organic eggs · farm eggs

edibility

wooden eggsscrambled eggs

Stirred ova dish

hard-boiled eggs · fried eggs · poached eggs · deviled eggs · egg dishes

Family

wooden, eggs, wood, egg, woodenly, woodenness, wooded, woodsy, woods

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G