curd

Speech parts

1. curd - Noun

2. curd - Verb

3. Curd - Proper noun

Meaning

The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.

The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.

To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.

To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

harden pap albumin rennet mush coagulant gristle concrete cluster cheese gel cake pulp paste dough
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Antonyms

fight combat thin dispute resist deny
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Hypernyms

foodstuff dairy product food product

Hyponyms

bean curd tofu

Phrases with the word

blood curd cheese curd cheese curd product soy curd soybean curd bean curd sheet

Derivatives

curded curding

Anagrams

crud

Examples

I used to eat Gina's curd. Bill Allred

If you stab out the eye of thy neighbor cut off two finger and dip them in honey. Cook them in lemon curd and present them to his family in a pigeon pie. If they dine on a full moon his eye will sprout again from it's socket. Gypsy Proverb

It will soon show which milk will yield a good curd. Hungarian Proverb

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey Source: Internet

bean curd Source: Internet

lemon curd Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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