different between coulis vs curd

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coulis.

Noun

coulis (usually uncountable, plural coulis or coulises)

1. A thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish.

Related terms

• coulee

Anagrams

• Siculo-

French

Etymology

From couler (“to pour, to flow”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.li/

Adjective

coulis (feminine singular coulisse, masculine plural coulis, feminine plural coulisses)

1. flowing; running

Derived terms

• coulisse

Noun

coulis m (plural coulis)

1. coulis (sauce)
2. melted metal used to fix a joint

Further reading

• “coulis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English curd, a metathetic variant of crud, crudde (“coagulated substance”). More at crud.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kû(r)d, IPA^(key): /k??(?)d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophone: Kurd

Noun

curd (countable and uncountable, plural curds)

1. The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
2. The coagulated part of any liquid.
3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants.
   • 1865, Fearing Burr, The Field and Garden Vegetables of America

     Broccoli should not be allowed to remain till the compactness of the head is broken, but should always be cut while the 'curd,' as the flowering mass is termed, is entire

Derived terms

• crud
• curds and whey
• lemon curd

Translations

See also

• buttermilk
• milk
• whey
• yoghurt

Verb

curd (third-person singular simple present curds, present participle curding, simple past and past participle curded)

1. (intransitive) To form curd; to curdle.
2. (transitive) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.

Derived terms

• curdle

Translations

Anagrams

• CRUD, crud

Middle English

Noun

curd

1. Alternative form of crudde