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CLABBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clabber mean?
• CLABBER (noun)
The noun CLABBER has 1 sense:
1. raw milk that has soured and thickened
Familiarity information: CLABBER used as a noun is very rare.
• CLABBER (verb)
The verb CLABBER has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: CLABBER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Raw milk that has soured and thickened
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("clabber" is a kind of...):
dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)
Derivation:
clabber (turn into curds)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn into curds
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
Context example:
curdled milk
Hypernyms (to "clabber" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
Derivation:
clabber (raw milk that has soured and thickened)
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