curd

[ kurd ]
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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.

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

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

verb (used with or without object)
  1. to turn into curd; coagulate; congeal.

Origin of curd

1
1325–75; Middle English curden (v.), variant of crudden to crud, congeal; see crowd1

regional variation note For curd

Other words from curd

  • un·curd, verb (used with object)

Words Nearby curd

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How to use curd in a sentence

  • It was my first time seeing the process for making a stretched curd cheese, and I was completely mesmerized.

    Elegy to Italian Cheese | Jesse Dart | May 21, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Two birds with one stone: any excuse to make lemon curd, and a reliable recipe for a killer portable dessert.

    5 Recipes From Jody Adams | Cookstr.com | January 12, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • New varieties of cheese are formed by mixing vegetable substances with the curd.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
  • The stomach of the newly killed animal contains a quantity of curd derived from the milk on which it has been fed.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
  • In Ayrshire and Limburg, on the other hand, the curd is always left in the stomach and salted along with it.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
  • If the milk be warmer the curd is hard and tough, if colder, it is soft and difficult to obtain free from the whey.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
  • The time necessary for the complete fixing of the curd varies also from 15 minutes to an hour or even an hour and a half.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen

British Dictionary definitions for curd

curd

/ (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

verb
  1. to turn into or become curd

Origin of curd

1
C15: from earlier crud, of unknown origin

Derived forms of curd

  • curdy, adjective
  • curdiness, noun

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