WHEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whey mean? 

• WHEY (noun)
  The noun WHEY has 2 senses:

1. the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese

2. watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates

  Familiarity information: WHEY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

milk whey; whey

Hypernyms ("whey" is a kind of...):

blood serum; serum (an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Context example:

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey

Hypernyms ("whey" is a kind of...):

dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)

 Context examples 

Upon administration of cysteine-rich whey protein isolate, cystine and glutamylcystine are taken up by cells and release free cysteine.

(Cysteine-Rich Non-Denatured Whey Protein Isolate IMN1207, NCI Thesaurus)

It is true, I sometimes made a shift to catch a rabbit, or bird, by springs made of Yahoo’s hairs; and I often gathered wholesome herbs, which I boiled, and ate as salads with my bread; and now and then, for a rarity, I made a little butter, and drank the whey.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)