Curdle is an English word with synonyms like clot or homogenise. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Curdle meaning
- To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
- To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
- To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly.
Synonyms of Curdle
Using Curdle
- The main meaning on this page is: To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk) | To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood) | To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly.
- Useful related words include: clot, homogenise, clabber, change state.
- In the example corpus, curdle often appears in combinations such as: to curdle.
Context around Curdle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Curdle
- In this selection, "curdle" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 33.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include began to curdle between them and does not curdle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "curdle" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with curdle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some of the sour fruit flavors are available in bubble tea without milk only as the acidity tends to curdle the milk. (22 words)
A synonymous expression in French is fin du fin. ; crème fraîche : lit. "fresh cream," a heavy cream slightly soured with bacterial culture, but not as sour or as thick as sour cream and does not curdle. (36 words)
He saw her face and hastened to say, Oh, obviously adopt, but she was speechless, and his question lingered and began to curdle between them until Willie laughed it off, and said that of course they, just by themselves, were more than enough. (43 words)
He saw her face and hastened to say, Oh, obviously adopt, but she was speechless, and his question lingered and began to curdle between them until Willie laughed it off, and said that of course they, just by themselves, were more than enough. (43 words)
A synonymous expression in French is fin du fin. ; crème fraîche : lit. "fresh cream," a heavy cream slightly soured with bacterial culture, but not as sour or as thick as sour cream and does not curdle. (36 words)
Some of the sour fruit flavors are available in bubble tea without milk only as the acidity tends to curdle the milk. (22 words)
Example sentences (3)
He saw her face and hastened to say, Oh, obviously adopt, but she was speechless, and his question lingered and began to curdle between them until Willie laughed it off, and said that of course they, just by themselves, were more than enough.
A synonymous expression in French is fin du fin. ; crème fraîche : lit. "fresh cream," a heavy cream slightly soured with bacterial culture, but not as sour or as thick as sour cream and does not curdle.
Some of the sour fruit flavors are available in bubble tea without milk only as the acidity tends to curdle the milk.
Common combinations with curdle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to curdle 2×