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CURD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coagulated milk; used to make cheese

Example:

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("curd" is a kind of...):

dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)

Holonyms ("curd" is a substance of...):

cheese (a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A coagulated liquid resembling milk curd

Example:

lemon curd

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("curd" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curd"):

bean curd; tofu (cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk)

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