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curdling

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for curdling.

Editorial note

Cheese is typically aged but after it already became cheese by curdling (usually using renit) and undergoing some fermentation.

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Quick take

The act by which something is curdled.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of curdling gathered in one view.

noun

The act by which something is curdled.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for curdling.

Example sentences

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Cheese is typically aged but after it already became cheese by curdling (usually using renit) and undergoing some fermentation.

2

Paneer, which is a kind of cheese made from curdling milk (very similar to tofu) is very common in North Indian dishes.

3

I imagine that an effective alarm would be a recording of a blood-curdling scream and loud, random, dissonant chords.

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The destruction to come from this kind of stuff is just blood curdling.

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Hours of blood-curdling screaming in the middle of the night, waking up people who are trying to get sleep before going to work.

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Not sure whether Pepsi could bottle this up, due to the curdling factor.

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There is a sickness curdling in the dark corners of Silicon Valley.

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If you let out a blood curdling yell or make a semi attack-like movement just as you throw down, people's instinct is to clench.

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Sales has a prospect that wants assurances that you take security seriously before signing a contract), and absolute blood curdling panic when there's an event.

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Apparently, someone reported hearing blood-curdling screams coming from my apartment.

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I endured, so with a silent knowing I set out to rip apart the hearts of my naysayers with a blood curdling smile.

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They've never been woken up at 2AM by a blood curdling scream and a thunk as their neighbor beats their wife to death in a drunken rage.

Quote examples

1

Particularly, in this sentence "Fermentation and curdling involve hundreds of chemical reactions that produce a multitude of complex flavor compounds with a depth that can't be replicated by chemicals."

2

A less judgmental and, frankly, less jerkish way of putting it would be "stress relief." Because we are not a bunch of meat-puppet robots, able to turn off emotions with a blood-curdling scream of the lambda effing calculus.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use curdling in a sentence?

Cheese is typically aged but after it already became cheese by curdling (usually using renit) and undergoing some fermentation.

What does curdling mean?

The act by which something is curdled.

What part of speech is curdling?

curdling is commonly used as noun.