'Whey' definitions:
Definition of 'whey'
(from WordNet)
noun
The serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese [syn: whey, milk whey]
noun
Watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"
Definition of 'Whey'
From: GCIDE
- Whey \Whey\, n. [AS. hw[ae]g; 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.
- Note: In this process, the thick part is called curd, and the thin part whey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'whey'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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