curd
Americannoun
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Often curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
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any substance resembling this.
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Also called curd cheese. Chiefly Northeastern and Southern U.S. cottage cheese.
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the edible flower heads of cauliflower, broccoli, and similar plants.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
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(often plural) a substance formed from the coagulation of milk by acid or rennet, used in making cheese or eaten as a food
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something similar in consistency
verb
Regionalisms
See cottage cheese.
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Etymology
Origin of curd
1325–75; Middle English curden (v.), variant of crudden to crud, congeal; see crowd 1
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Lunch is followed by afternoon tea, including Welsh cakes and bara brith, a Welsh bread, with raspberry lime jam and lemon curd.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
At M&S varieties now include red velvet, lemon curd, tiramisu, caramel fudge, chocolate, cheese and apple incarnations.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Zepeda tops it with mamey curd, brown butter almond cake, and a pinole crumble.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
An array of special foods are part of the celebration, with the most popular food during Holi being “gujia,” a flaky, deep-fried sweet pastry stuffed with milk curd, nuts and dried fruits.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
“Bean curd tonight,” Crane-man would say, his eyes gleaming.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
I enrolled in a cheesemongering certification course through the UK-based Academy of Cheese and spent months with notecards on curds and whey, then more months learning how to taste with intention.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
Most of the time, Wisconsinites are best known for their love of cheese curds, beers and braving subzero temperatures at Lambeau Field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
This is not a landscape in which someone strains curds with a square of cheesecloth—we are far from the ingredient kitchen.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
Times columnists Anita Chabria and Mark Z. Barabak were in Milwaukee and laid off the beer and cheese curds so they could offer you their clear-eyed assessment of Day 3 of the Republican National Convention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
We no longer had milk in the house, except for the youngest child; curds and butter were beyond our means except on rare occasions.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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