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Meaning of Rennet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɹɛnɪt

Definitions

An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية المنفحة منفحة
Bosanski sirilo сирило
Català quall
Čeština syřidlo
Cymraeg ceuled cywirdeb
Deutsch Lab
Ελληνικά πυτιά
Español cuajo
Français présure
Gaeilge binid
Hrvatski sirilo сирило
Հայերեն մակարդ
Italiano caglio presame
日本語 レンネット
한국어 레닛
Latina coagulum
Bahasa Melayu renet
Nederlands stremsel
Português coalho
Română cheag
Русский ре́ннин
Slovenščina sirilo
Српски sirilo сирило
Svenska löpe
Tagalog kuwaho

Examples

“The choice of treats is between a sweet mandarin orange and maybe a lumpy rennet apple. Nothing is packaged; there is only food here in this market, most of it requiring washing and chopping and cooking.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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