whey
The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making…The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
» The whey is in the fridge.
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1 senses(uncountable, usually)The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
Molke
сы́вороткаsývorotka
сиро́ваткаsyróvatka, дзерdzer
the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese
Examples
7 sentencesThe whey is in the fridge.
He served them couscous and whey.
Did you keep the whey after you strained the yogurt?
It's neither milk nor whey.
When rennet is added, heated milk curdles, and the curds separate from the liquid whey.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ (“whey”),From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”) (cognate with Saterland Frisian Waai, Woaie, West Frisian waai, Dutch wei, Low German Wei, German Low German Wei), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”) (compare Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “order”), Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up, make”), Sanskrit कय (káya, “every one”)).
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Forms
plural: wheysSynonyms
1 synonyms- the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese:milk whey
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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