Definition of curd

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Curd (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..

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Curd :: Curd (v. i.) To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whe.
Caseation :: Caseation (n.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
Coagulum :: Coagulum (a.) The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese..
Curdiness :: Curdiness (n.) The state of being curdy.
Curdle :: Curdle (v. t.) To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.
Curdled :: Curdled (imp. & p. p.) of Curdl.
Posset :: Posset (n.) A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly..
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly..
Clabber :: Clabber (n.) Milk curdled so as to become thick.
Cheese :: Cheese (n.) The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold..
Broccoli :: Broccoli (n.) A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The curd, or flowering head, is the part used for food..
Curdy :: Curdy (a.) Like curd; full of curd; coagulated.
Curdle :: Curdle (v. i.) To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle..
Curding :: Curding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cur.
Thrusting :: Thrusting (n.) The act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey..
Parigenin :: Parigenin (n.) A curdy white substance, obtained by the decomposition of parillin..
Coagulate :: Coagulate (v. t.) To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese..
Earn :: Earn (v. i.) To curdle, as milk..
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