Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The part of milk that coagulates when the milk sours or is treated with enzymes. Curd is used to make cheese.
- n. A coagulated liquid that resembles milk curd.
- v. To form or cause to form into curd; curdle.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The coagulated or thickened part of milk, which is formed into cheese, or eaten as food: often used in the plural.
- n. The coagulated part of any liquid.
- To cause to coagulate; turn to curd; curdle; congeal; clot.
- To become curdled or coagulated; become curd.
- n. See Kurd.
Wiktionary
- n. The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese.
- v. To form curd; to curdle.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. The coagulated part of any liquid.
- n. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.
- v. To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
- v. To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
- n. coagulated milk; used to make cheese
Etymologies
- metathesis of crud, from Middle English crud ("coagulated substance"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, variant of crud; probably akin to crowden, to press; see crowd1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The lime curd is an easy, lower-fat variation on a traditional lemon curd that is made with lots of fresh lime juice.”
“That said, I understand if you mix half buttermilk with half regular, whole milk, the curd is larger (I haven't tried that yet.)”
“The curd is made the same way as a lemon curd or a lime curd, using the juice of the passion fruit and combining it with sugar and eggs.”
“Stir in the food coloring while the curd is cooking.”
“That lemon curd is just about the bet lemon curd I've ever had and I loved the pie.”
“But, why go so far out of the way to pretend that your bean curd is anything other than bean curd.”
“Gini, you must be wondering where the curd is right?”
“While Charu bathed Pranav, my nephew, I went to make a quick biryani that I served with plain curd and papad.”
“Sprinkle some water this will cool the oil and will allow the seasoning to release full flavor and when curd is added it still remains smooth.”
“Making this curd is not difficult but it can be a bit tricky.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘curd’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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LIT - Ulysses - key words and phrases
money cowrie, bedraggle, omphalos, ineluctable, postprandial, bladderwrack, modality barnacle..., loofah, shipworm, cither, embattle, Malachi and 503 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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cheese
everything cheese,expressions like
stiff cheddar,turophile's heaven
a work in progresscheddar, cheddared, cheddaring, cheedam, cheese straw, cheesed off, cheesed, cheesie, cheeseparing, cheese tree, cheesewood, cheesier and 352 more...
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AGRI - milk products
milk powder, cake mix, cheddar cheese, blue cheese, clotted cream, hard cheese, semi-skimmed milk, single cream, skimmed milk, whipping cream, sour cream, curd and 11 more...
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[Open] Infrequentative
Non-frequentative verbs which also have a frequentative form (which you may add to the list “Frequentative”, if you like)
Examples include bob (bobble), busk (bustle), dab (dabble), ho...hove, stut, wag, dab, dart, spouse, sault, prate, swag, visé, cater, nose and 33 more...
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AGRI - milk sector
Terms used in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy referring to policy issues in the milk sector.
HU translations: input costs, retailer, trader, processor, price transmission, raw milk, milk cow, offset income losses, production quota ..., reference price, Single Area Payme..., Single Payment Sc... and 43 more... -
bertilak's Words
antidisestablishm..., feldercarb, wainscoting, eleemosynary, oxymoron, fuliginous, libration, lammergeier, saxifrage, ichor, lambent, smaragdine and 414 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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the road
glaucoma, tarpaulin, flowstone, flue, rimstone, alabaster, gully, shoring, grike, riprap, windfall, transom and 120 more...
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= inexplicable queasiness
when i hear these words ...
i feel that.. "ew ew ewww" feeling.
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that's so weird.nub, moist, monoculture, circumfluent, curd, curdy, chancre, votary, tolerant
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The Road
Cormac McCarthy
glaucoma, tarpaulin, ford, ratchet, slutlamp, mote, shoring, gryke, riprap, transom, manila, cleat and 68 more...
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four-letter words starting with 'c'
clap, claw, cast, cart, cork, cord, care, cram, corn, cusp, cure, curt and 85 more...
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words I listed first
just what it says...
nacelle, misfit, curd, rooked, mechanical, centric, pilloried, flaunt, föhn, internationalization, permeability, aerial and 6 more...
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