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curd

Best crossword clue

"Cheese starter"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /kɜː(ɹ)d/Part of speech nounSorted cdruStarts with CEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. coagulated milk; used to make cheese

Word origin

From Middle English curd, a metathetic variant of crud, crudde (“coagulated substance”). Doublet of crud.

Used in a sentence

  • Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.
  • Broccoli should not be allowed to remain till the compactness of the head is broken, but should always be cut while the 'curd,' as the flowering mass is termed, is entire
  • Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother?

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