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curd

curd

8 2.6
A soft white mass that forms when milk thickens to make cheese
  • noun
  • /kɜrd/
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  • Some cottage cheese, called dry curd or farmer cheese, is lower in lactose, so it shouldn't be an issue.
  • bean curd
  • fresh curd
  • curd products

And before the Uber can make a right, I was done eating poutine, fries, cheese curds, gravy.

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Examples

  • Unfermented, white, and soft bean curd is sold in square pieces of two or three different sizes.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Peter, his arms white with curd, had come out of the creamery.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Everything on the menu was made with curd.

  • So I'm going to put the lemon curd on top.

  • Most also had some ideas about how bean curd is made, and six could describe the procedure in detail.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Bean curd's a popular Chinese dish.

  • Of the 101 informants, 65 reported eating bean curd at least once a week.

    Academic text (2001)
  • So we're going to make a lemon cake with lemon curd and lemon Bavarian cream on the inside with a lemon cream cheese frosting.

  • We had great food, Lots of corn dogs, cheese curds, mini Donuts, sweet Martha's cookies.

  • The milk had separated into solid curd and liquid whey.

Compounds

3 2.5

A thick sweet spread made from lemons, butter, eggs, and sugar for cakes and toast

1 2.8

A soft white food made from soy milk that people use like meat in Asian cooking

How Solid

cheese
1.0
curd
8 2.6
whey
5 5.3
milk
1.0

Surface Forms

curd singular
curds plural

Etymology

Curd comes from an old word meaning 'to thicken' or 'to clump', because curds are the soft white bits that form when milk turns solid. It is the same root as curdle, so thinking of milk 'curdling' helps you remember that curd is the part used to make cheese.