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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024curd /kɜrd/USA pronunciation n. - Fooda thick substance obtained from milk when it sours, used as food or made into cheese: [uncountable]small curd cottage cheese.[countable]eating her curds and whey.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024curd (kûrd),USA pronunciation n. - FoodOften, 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.
- Dialect TermsAlso called curd′ cheese′. [Chiefly Northeastern and Southern U.S.]cottage cheese.
- Botany, Foodthe edible flower heads of cauliflower, broccoli, and similar plants.
v.t., v.i. - to turn into curd;
coagulate;
congeal.
- 1325–75; Middle English curden (verb, verbal), variant of crudden to crud, congeal; see crowd1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: curd /kɜːd/ n - (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
vb - to turn into or become curd
Etymology: 15th Century: from earlier crud, of unknown originˈcurdy adj |