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- [klab-er]
- /ˈklæb ər/
- /ˈklæbə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [klab-er]
- /ˈklæb ər/
Definitions of clabber word
- noun clabber curdled milk 3
- verb clabber to curdle 3
- noun clabber thickly curdled sour milk; bonnyclabber 3
- noun clabber milk that has soured and thickened; curdled milk. 1
- verb without object clabber (of milk) to curdle; to become thick in souring. 1
- noun clabber Milk that has naturally clotted on souring. 1
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Origin of clabber
First appearance:
before 1625 One of the 42% oldest English words
1625-35; < Irish clabar short for bainne clabair bonnyclabber
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Parts of speech for Clabber
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
clabber popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
clabber usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for clabber
verb clabber
- curdle — If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits.
- congeal — When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
- thicken — make thicker
- set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- jelly — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
noun clabber
- acerbate — to embitter or exasperate
- turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- ferment — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- coagulate — When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
Antonyms for clabber
verb clabber
- thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- liquefy — Make or become liquid.
Top questions with clabber
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