clabber
Sour or curdled milkSour or curdled milk.
/ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Sour or curdled milk.
(uncountable)Wet clay or mud.
More definitions
- raw milk that has soured and thickened
Origin
Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) orShortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedbonnyclabber
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable