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curdle | x |

As a verb curdle

is (ambitransitive) to form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds (usually said of milk).

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

curdle

English

Verb

(curdl)
  • (ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
    • Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
  • (ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
  • * 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
    • "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle , "beware of to-morrow!"
  • To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
  • * 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
    • It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever.'

    Derived terms

    * curdled

    Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----