whey

«whey» in Mova's school dictionary: the watery liquid left over when milk is made into cheese… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (whey — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Whey is the watery liquid left over when milk is made into cheese or yoghurt; the solid lumps are called curds. tree →

2) Whey protein is a powder made from whey that some athletes add to drinks. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nursery rhymes: «Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey»; in science, separating solids from liquids; in food labels and allergies, whey comes from milk.

examples

• Little Miss Muffet ate her curds and whey. tree →
• When milk turns into cheese, the whey drains away. tree →
• The farmer fed the whey to the pigs. tree →
• This protein shake has whey in it. tree →
• Whey comes from milk, so check if you have a milk allergy. tree →
• She then put down a large pot of new milk, which she made into curds and whey. tree →

note

Uncountable. Homophone trap: «whey» sounds like «way» and «weigh». Sometimes spelt «whey» only — not «whay».

In the corpora

• Cheese-makers add bacteria and rennet to milk, which separates into solid curds and watery whey; the curds become cheese.

Trees and pragmatics

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