curd
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
curd/kɜːd/
▶noun
- 1 (also curds) a soft, white substance formed when milk coagulates, used as the basis for cheese.
- 2 a fatty substance found between the flakes of poached salmon.
- 3 the edible head of a cauliflower.
– derivatives
curdy adjective.
curdy adjective.
– origin ME: of unknown origin.
'curd' also found in these Oxford entries:
bean curd
- crud
- curd cheese
- curdle
- Double Gloucester
- gulab jamun
- lemon curd
- paneer
- pigeon's milk
- quark
