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noun
a milk serum, separating as liquid from the curd after coagulation, as in cheese making.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English wheye, Old English hwǣg; cognate with Dutch, Low German wei
before 900; Middle English wheye, Old English hwǣg; cognate with Dutch, Low German wei
Related forms
whey·like, adjective
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whey
O.E. hwæg "whey," from P.Gmc. *khwaja- (cf. M.Du. wey, Du. wei), of unknown origin.
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whey
watery fraction that forms along with curd when milk coagulates. It contains the water-soluble constituents of milk and is essentially a 5 percent solution of lactose in water, with some minerals and lactalbumin.
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