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whey
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whey has 2 senses
- whey(n = noun.substance) milk whey - the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese; Array is a kind of blood serum, serum
- whey(n = noun.food) Array - watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey" is a kind of dairy product
CIDE DICTIONARY
whey, n. [AS. hwæg; cf. D. wei, hui, Fries. weye, LG. wey, waje. ].
The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese.
"In this process, the thick part is called curd , and the thin part whey ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whey, n. the watery liquid left when milk forms curds.
Idiom
whey-faced pale esp. with fear.
Etymology
OE hw{aelig}g, hweg f. LG
THESAURUS
whey
beverage, blood, butter, buttermilk, certified milk, cheese, condensed milk, cream, dairy products, drink, fluid, fluid extract, fluid mechanics, ghee, half-and-half, heavy cream, hydraulics, hydrogeology, juice, latex, light cream, liquid, liquid extract, liquor, margarine, milk, nonfat dry milk, oleo, oleomargarine, raw milk, sap, semiliquid, skim milk, sour cream, water, whipping cream, yogurt
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