curd

[ kurd ]

/ kɜrd /

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noun

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

any substance resembling this.

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

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

verb (used with or without object)

to turn into curd; coagulate; congeal.

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Origin of curd

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

regional variations of curd

3. See cottage cheese.

OTHER WORDS FROM curd

un·curd, verb (used with object)

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How to use curd in a sentence

Alternatively mesta—curds; the usual form of dairy produce hereabouts—identical with Jaels Butter in a lordly dish.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
I sat on a tuffet, eating some curds and whey; but there came a big spider, and I was frightened away.
Christmas Entertainments|Alice Maude Kellogg
He speaks yawing like a jackdaw that gapes to be fed with cheese-curds.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
Come with me, Lizzie, and we will feed on curds and whey, and thou shalt have a bonnie blue plaid with red and green strips.
Stories from the Ballads|Mary MacGregor

Curds and whey was a supper dainty enough for a queen, as Lizzie whispered to her shepherd lad with a little sigh.
Stories from the Ballads|Mary MacGregor

British Dictionary definitions for curd

curd

/ (kɜːd) /

noun

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

something similar in consistency

verb

to turn into or become curd

Derived forms of curd

curdy, adjectivecurdiness, noun

Word Origin for curd

C15: from earlier crud, of unknown origin

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