curd
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.
curds
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pluralof curd.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So some producers are making more cheese for its byproduct whey, even if that means selling the leftover curds into a weaker market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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
The pressure squeezes the curds in these hoops, and they knit together to form a solid block of cheese.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
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
Its two soft door-posts of custard, Its dais of curds and butter, Beds of glorious lard, Many shields of thin pressed cheese.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
