curdle

[ UK /kˈɜːdə‍l/ ]
VERB
  1. turn into curds
    curdled milk
    curdled milk
  2. turn from a liquid to a solid mass
    his blood curdled
  3. go bad or sour
    The milk curdled
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How To Use curdle In A Sentence

  • In some cases, the vomited milk may smell curdled because it has mixed with stomach acid.
  • Milk in cheese production is curdled using chymosin - an enzyme present in rennet, found in calves' stomachs.
  • Even as he watched them he felt the last remnants of his love curdle and settle into thick hatred. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
  • But what makes milk curdle more often than not is acidity. Harold McGee's 'Keys To Good Cooking' For Chefs
  • Some of his more recent panegyrics to the ‘British dream’ emerge curdled and oleaginous.
  • Even as he watched them he felt the last remnants of his love curdle and settle into thick hatred. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
  • Now it is rare to see his name in print unless it is being invoked as shorthand for corrupted innocence or curdled dreams.
  • Milk may curdle in warm weather.
  • His growl is impressively rabid, and his bark could curdle a bowl of milk at 20 paces.
  • Avoid boiling the cream and add the parmesan gradually, otherwise the sauce will curdle.
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