Whey

Definitions: Whey

Whey

Noun

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

2. Watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates: "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some cuds and whey".

Date "whey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Whey

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	A by-product of the manufacture of cheese and casein. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Whey

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Whey or milk plasma is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained; it is a byproduct of cheese making with few commercial uses.

The whey protein separated from this mixture is often sold as a nutritional supplement. In addition, liquid whey contains lactose, vitamins, and minerals along with traces of fat.

As the most commonly used curdling agent is rennet, neither whey nor curds nor cheeses made therefrom automatically qualify as vegetarian foods. Vegetarians generally use lemon juice (or pure citric acid) to separate milk into curds and whey.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Whey."

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Synonym: Whey

Synonym: milk whey (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Whey

English words defined with "whey": Cheese press ♦ Fleetings ♦ lactic ♦ milk whey ♦ Serum of milk ♦ Wheyey, Wheyish, Wine whey. (references)

Specialty definitions using "whey": cheese cooker, CHEESEMAKER, COTTAGE-CHEESE MAKER ♦ LAP ♦ whey cheese. (references)

Etymologies containing "whey": Fleetings ♦ sapsago. (references)

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Modern Usage: Whey

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh (Walk Like An Egyptian; performing artist: The Bangles)
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Commercial Usage: Whey

Domain	Title
Books	Curds and Whey (reference) Encyclopedia of Fermented Fresh Milk Products: An International Inventory of Fermented Milk, Cream, Buttermilk, Whey, and Related Products (reference) River of Dreams: Whey Do We Rhyme Does It Have to (reference) Whey and Lactose Processing (reference) Whey processing and utilization : economic and technical aspects (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Whey

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Photo Album: Whey

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A diet rich in soy and whey protein, found in products such as soy milk and low-fat yogurt, has been shown to reduce breast cancer incidence in rats. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Peggy Greb..
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Non-Fiction Usage: Whey

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Smart shoppers learn to read food labels with care, looking not only for milk and lactose among the contents but also for such words as whey, curds, milk by-products, dry milk solids, and nonfat dry milk powder. (references)
Economic History	Brazil	Most of the whey used by the dairy and beverage industry in Brazil is imported. (references)
	China	Whey, cheese and butter imports are also up sharply and should continue strong in the coming years. (references)
	Brazil	The market is booming because of the increasing use of whey in dairy-based drinks (yogurt), as well as for animal feed purposes. (references)
Trade	Brazil	Breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, including semen and embryos); wine and brandy, distilled spirits (rum, wodka and whiskey); fresh vegetables (asparagus, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, garlic, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes); canned vegetables (asparagus, beans, carrots, corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato paste); frozen vegetables (beans, broccoli, carrots, corn and spinach); peanut butter or peanut flour; dairy products (butter, butter oil, ghee, anhydrous milk fat, non-fat and whole milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, lactose, non-sweetened condensed milk, fluid milk, lecithin and cheese); ice cream; meat, frozen or chilled (beef, pork and their products);wheat, wheat flour, semolina; cotton, 100% cotton yarn, 100% cotton fabrics (woven and knit unbleached/bleached/dyed, and/or printed); rice; feed grains (barley, including malting barley, white corn, yellow corn, sorghum and oats); corn products (flour, starch, corn meal, popcorn and gluten); pulses(dry beans, peas and lentils), poultry breeder stock (baby chicks, turkey pouts and hatching eggs); eggs and egg products (fresh, dry, refrigerated, frozen, albumin, etc); fresh fruits (apples, apricots, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, melons, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, peaches, raspberries and tangerines); hops: hops extract; tallow: grease, lard, barley malt; potatoes(cut and chilled or frozen; flakes, granules); peanuts; commercially prepared dog and cat food, animal feed ingredients, fish food; seeds for sowing; almonds ( walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut and pecan); dry fruits, frozen fruits, canned fruits, fruit pure and fruit pulp, 100% natural fruit juice; seafood (fresh and frozen);tomato paste; alfalfa; honey; skins; nutritional beverages preparations (for human consumption); soy protein products; vegetable oils; wood; beer; cereals; preparation for breads and pizzas (powder, refrigerated of frozen); canned pickles; ready-to-eat meals; soft drinks and sodas; soups and sauces. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Whey

"Whey" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.30% of the time. "Whey" is used about 74 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.3%	72	39,377
Noun (proper)	2.7%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	74	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Whey

Expressions using "whey": milk whey ♦ whey cheese ♦ whey curd ♦ whey cure ♦ wine whey. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "whey": whey-based, whey-cheese, whey-coloured, whey-face, whey-faced, whey-like.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Whey

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
whey protein	946	whey isolate	12
whey	500	optimum nutrition whey protein	12
designer whey	126	designer whey protein blast	11
whey protein powder	76	wholesale whey protein	11
designer whey protein	62	protein review whey	11
whey powder	53	whey protein product	11
whey protein isolate	48	whey protein supplement	10
american whey	35	whey gourmet	10
whey protein benefit	30	whey protein information	10
100 whey protein	26	whey delicious	10
optimum whey protein	21	eas whey protein	10
whey protein side effects	20	curds and whey	9
optimum whey	20	gnc whey protein	9
whey protein fact	18	whey protein drink	9
whey protein concentrate	18	100 whey	9
low whey	17	loss protein weight whey	9
best whey protein	17	optimum nutrition whey	9
mega whey	16	whey product	8
whey protein shake	15	benefit whey	8
whey protein recipe	14	goat whey	8
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Modern Translations: Whey

Language		Translations for "whey"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		thartor (acid), hirrë. (various references)

Arabic		‏مصل اللبن. (various references)

Bulgarian		побледнял (pale, pallid, wan, whey-faced). (various references)

Chinese		乳清. (various references)

Czech		syrovátka. (various references)

Danish		valle, serum (serum). (various references)

Dutch		wei (meadow, serum), serum (serum), melkserum. (various references)

Farsi		پنیراب , کشک (Curd), اب پنیر (Serum), شیرچرخ کرده . (various references)

Finnish		hera. (various references)

French		petit lait. (various references)

German		Molke. (various references)

Greek		τυρόγαλο, ορός γάλακτος, ορός (serum), ορρόσ γάλακτοσ. (various references)

Hebrew		מי חלב, מי גבינה, נסיוב (serum, whey curd). (various references)

Hungarian		savó. (various references)

Italian		siero (serum). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		乳清 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		にゅうせい. (various references)

Manx		meaig. (various references)

Pig Latin		eywhay

Portuguese		soro de leite coalhado (buttermilk). (various references)

Romanian		zer (buttermilk). (various references)

Russian		сыворотка (sera, serum, thrusting). (various references)

Scottish		meang (guile), meòg (whey. See <A HREF="mf08.html#mèag">mèag</A>), mèag. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		surutka (curd). (various references)

Spanish		suero lácteo, suero (serum), lactosuerosuero de leche. (various references)

Swedish		vassla. (various references)

Turkish		kesilmiş sütün suyu. (various references)

Ukranian		сироватка (serosity, serum). (various references)

Vietnamese		nước sữa. (various references)

Welsh		maidd, gleision. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Whey

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	sera, seraian, sereser, seri, seris, sero, serum. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Whey

Derivations
	Words beginning with "whey": wheyey, wheyface, wheyfaces, wheyish, wheylike, wheys. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Whey" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fhey, ghey, heyi, ohey, rhey, waey, wahaya, wahey, weey, weh, Wehr, whaty, whay, whe, whea, wheay, Whec, whed, whee, wheeg, whei, whem, whep, wheyey, wheys, whezy, whity, whizy, whooy, whuy, whye. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Whey"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "whey" (pronounced wā" or hwā")
2	w ā"	away, halfway, sway, underway, way, weigh.
2	-w ā"	away, halfway, sway, underway, way, weigh.
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Anagrams: Whey

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-w-y"
	-1 letter: hew, hey, why, wye, yeh, yew.
	-2 letters: eh, he, we, ye.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-w-y"
	+1 letter: chewy, thewy, wheys.
	+2 letters: hawkey, wheezy, whelky, wherry, wheyey, whiney, whitey, wyches.
	+3 letters: eyewash, hawkeys, haywire, headway, showery, wealthy, weighty, whereby, wheyish, whimsey, whiskey, whitely, whiteys, wreathy.
	+4 letters: anywhere, flywheel, hawkeyed, haywires, headways, hereaway, hideaway, honeydew, shrewdly, watcheye, wheezily, wheyface, wheylike, whimseys, whiskery, whiskeys, whispery, whitefly, witchery.
	+5 letters: anywheres, eyewashes, flyweight, flywheels, hereaways, hideaways, honeydews, jayhawker, seaworthy, watcheyes, wealthily, weatherly, weightily, wherrying, wheyfaces, yellowish.
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