curd

American  

[kurd] / kɜrd /

noun

1. Often curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.

2. any substance resembling this.

3. Also called curd cheese.  Chiefly Northeastern and Southern U.S. cottage cheese.

4. the edible flower heads of cauliflower, broccoli, and similar plants.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to turn into curd; coagulate; congeal.

curd British  

/ kɜːd /

noun

1. (often plural) a substance formed from the coagulation of milk by acid or rennet, used in making cheese or eaten as a food

2. something similar in consistency

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verb

1. to turn into or become curd

Regionalisms

See cottage cheese.

Other Word Forms

• curdiness
  noun
• curdy
  adjective
• uncurd
  verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of curd

1325–75; Middle English curden (v.), variant of crudden to crud, congeal; see crowd ¹

Example Sentences

He was portrayed by actor Curd Jürgens in a hagiographic 1960 biopic titled I Aim at the Stars, a U.S.–German co-production.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2023

“This bill put us in a quandary,” Republican Sen. Blake Curd said before voting to advance it.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022

One happened to be a note taken by a radio interceptor of the German surrender to the Allied forces - and Dr Iles recognised the handwriting as that of George Curd, her father.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2020

“There’s a lot of discord right now,” said Curd, a mechanical engineer.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2018

He saw the priests in order stand, Curd, oil, in every sacred hand; And by them flowers were laid and grain, Due offerings to the holy train.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Related Words

• clotting
• clump
• lump