whey

incontable

A noun referring to the watery, thin liquid that separates from the curd during the process of making cheese or when raw milk sours and coagulates.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el líquido acuoso y amarillento que se separa de la cuajada al elaborar queso o cuando la leche cruda se agria y coagula.

1. Cheese byproduct B1 formal culinary

   The watery liquid that separates from the curds during the process of making cheese.

   • After pressing the curds, the whey is drained away.
   • Some recipes use whey to add moisture to bread dough.
   • The cheesemaker collected the whey for further processing.

   🇪🇸Suero de leche

2. Soured milk liquid B1 formal culinary

   The thin, watery part of milk that forms when raw milk sours and coagulates.

   • When milk curdles, the whey separates from the solid parts.
   • Traditional farmers sometimes fed whey to their pigs.
   • The whey from soured milk can be used in certain fermented dishes.

   🇪🇸Suero de leche

   Sinónimos: serum

• wheys plural form
• wheys' possessive plural form
• whey's possessive singular form