curd

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kɜːd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kɝd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kûrd)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
curd /kɜrd/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. 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 © 2025
curd  (kûrd),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. FoodOften, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
  2. any substance resembling this.
  3. Dialect TermsAlso called curd cheese′. [Chiefly Northeastern and Southern U.S.]cottage cheese.
  4. Botany, Foodthe edible flower heads of cauliflower, broccoli, and similar plants.

v.t., v.i. 
  1. to turn into curd;
    coagulate;
    congeal.
  • 1325–75; Middle English curden (verb, verbal), variant of crudden to crud, congeal; see crowd1
    3. See cottage cheese. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
curd / kɜːd/
  1. (often plural) a substance formed from the coagulation of milk by acid or rennet, used in making cheese or eaten as a food
  2. something similar in consistency
  1. to turn into or become curd
Etymology: 15th Century: from earlier crud, of unknown originˈcurdy
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