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CURD
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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)
