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coalho — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • curd noun The thickened part of milk that separates out when it sours or is treated with enzymes, used to make cheese.

Senses

coalho is used for these senses in English:

  • abomasum (biology, food) The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
  • curd The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
  • rennet An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.

curd — full definition

  1. noun The thickened part of milk that separates out when it sours or is treated with enzymes, used to make cheese.
  2. verb To thicken or coagulate into curds.

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