clabber

[ klab-er ]

noun

1. milk that has soured and thickened; curdled milk.

verb (used without object)

1. (of milk) to curdle; to become thick in souring.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clabber¹

1625–35; < Irish clabar short for bainne clabair bonnyclabber

Example Sentences

She threw big dinners, serving game birds she’d shot herself or mallards she raised, achieving the best flavor, McCutchan writes, “by feeding them skim milk, clabber, grains and greens.”

From New York Times

If you’re lucky, another product you might find at Broham is clabbered milk ice cream, a subversive interpretation of the spoiled leftover milk that black people were limited to during slavery.

From Washington Post

The clabbered milk was no thicker than when I started, nothing like the cultured option.

From Washington Post

Mrs. Tiflin was in the kitchen spooning clabbered milk into a cotton bag.

From Literature

The child’s scalp smelled like bread dough and clabbering milk.

From Literature

Related Words

• clot
• condense
• congeal
• curdle
• swell