Whey

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The watery part of milk that separates from the curds, as in the process of making cheese.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The serum of milk: that part of milk which remains fluid after the proteids have been coagulated by rennet as in cheese-making, or by an acid as in the natural souring of milk.
  • n. An obsolete form of quey.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates
  • n. the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese
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    wheyey    wheylike   
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