Whey

nounid 159250·updated May 18, 2026
verified

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

polysemous

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
milk whey
plural
Wheys
possessive
Whey's
pluralpossessive
Wheys'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates
§2
the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese
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