Egg
Potential — what could become something if it is given the right care.
An egg in a dream is the dictionary's image of potential. The egg is rarely the point itself; the dream is usually pointing at whatever is currently in egg form in your life — a project, a relationship, a self.
A broken egg is the dictionary's image of potential that has been disturbed too early. A clutch of eggs is the dictionary's image of multiple potentials at once — exciting and demanding both.
Where you often see it. An egg in your hand. An egg cracked. An egg you forgot you had. The dream uses the egg for potential — what could become something if it is given the right care.
What it is not. The egg is not fragility-only. The dictionary's egg is durable for a while and asks only to be tended.
Related in the dictionary. Read egg with baby, seed, and any scene where you are responsible for something small.