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quark

quark

9 9.0
A soft fresh cheese with a smooth texture used as a spread
  • noun
  • /kwɑrk/
translation icon : queso quark
  • That "tepid" universe was no longer hot enough or dense enough to cook quark soup, and so the quarks all grabbed dance partners, creating a permanent new family of heavy particles called hadrons.

It's technically technically flavoured Quark cheese.

Examples

  • And of course, we've got to have some quark with tortillas.

  • It flared outwards in a bubble of quark-gluon plasma that was just coalescing into a soup of particles when V stabbed it.

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  • For breakfast, I spread fresh quark on my toast and added some fruit on top.

  • She loves making cheesecake with a rich filling that includes creamy quark.

  • The chef recommended using quark in the recipe for a light and fluffy dessert.

Synonyms

cheese
vsquark
1.0

A solid food made from milk that is pressed and often aged

is a fresh unripened soft dairy product rather than an aged pressed one
quark cheese
vsquark
5.8

A soft fresh cheese like cottage cheese used in European cooking

is the shorter familiar name for the same dairy product

Compounds

top quark
  • Specialized
1 9.5

A very heavy tiny particle studied by physicists

beauty quark
  • Specialized
9.9

A tiny particle with a small negative charge that is much heavier than an electron

bottom quark
  • Specialized
9.9

A very small particle created in particle experiments that is much heavier than an electron

charm quark
  • Specialized
9.3

A very small particle with a positive charge that is heavier than an electron

down quark
  • Specialized
9.9

A very small particle inside protons and neutrons with an electric charge of minus one third

A soft fresh cheese like cottage cheese used in European cooking

truth quark
  • Archaic
9.9

A very heavy particle in physics that people call the top quark

strange quark
  • Specialized
9.9

Very small particle inside some subatomic particles with electric charge -1/3 and strangeness -1

up quark
  • Specialized
9.9

A very small particle with a positive charge that helps make protons and neutrons

How Soft

mascarpone
4 7.3
cream cheese
40 1.0
quark
9 9.0
ricotta
18 3.7

Surface Forms

quark singular
quarks plural

Etymology

Quark for the cheese comes from German and Slavic words meaning 'curd' or 'fresh cheese', so the name points to the soft, fresh curd you spread or use in recipes.