curd
curd Lexical Profile
curd Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A soft, white substance formed when milk coagulates through souring or the addition of rennet, used as the basis for making cheese or eaten fresh.
"The cheesemaker carefully separated the solid curd from the liquid whey."
A smooth, thick, creamy spread or filling made by cooking citrus juice (especially lemon), sugar, butter, and egg yolks.
"She filled the freshly baked pastry tart shells with tangy homemade lemon curd."
The edible, tightly clustered white flower head of a cauliflower or broccoli plant.
"When harvesting cauliflower, choose plants with a firm, compact white curd."
• verb
To coagulate, thicken, or separate into curds; to curdle (of milk or another liquid).
"Adding a spoonful of vinegar to the warm milk caused it to curd almost immediately."
• Rhymes for curd
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English crud or curd, formed by metathesis, possibly from a Celtic root such as Old Irish gruth ('curd') or related to Old English crūdan ('to press, crowd').
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