curd

«curd» in Mova's school dictionary: the thick white lumps that form when milk goes sour or is… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (curd, curds — often plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) Curds are the thick white lumps that form when milk goes sour or is made to separate; they are used to make cheese. tree →

2) Curd is a thick, creamy spread made with fruit juice, sugar, eggs and butter, as in lemon curd. tree →

3) Curd can mean soft cheese, like cottage cheese, or bean curd (tofu). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and cooking lessons, adding something sour such as lemon juice or rennet to milk makes it separate into curds (solid) and whey (liquid) — an example of a change that cannot be undone. In nursery rhymes, Little Miss Muffet ate «her curds and whey». In Canada, cheese curds go on poutine.

examples

• Little Miss Muffet ate her curds and whey. tree →
• Add lemon juice and the milk turns into curds. tree →
• Cheesemakers press the curds into blocks. tree →
• I love lemon curd on toast. tree →
• Poutine is chips with gravy and cheese curds. tree →
• Squeaky cheese curds are a snack in Canada. tree →
• Bean curd is another name for tofu. tree →
• "Give me some curds, too, Dovey!" tree →

note

For the milk lumps it is often plural: curds. «Lemon curd» is uncountable. Do not confuse with «curdle» (the verb: milk curdles) or «Kurd» (a person of the Kurdish people), which sounds the same.

In the corpora

• Cheese-makers add bacteria and rennet to milk, which separates into solid curds and watery whey; the curds become cheese.
• Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.
• Curd and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
• He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «curd» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.