stremsel

Meaning

1. (neuter, no-diminutive) rennet; 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
2. (neuter, no-diminutive, obsolete) any curdled liquid, especially milk

Concepts

rennet

Translations

présure

Lab

cuajo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstrɛm.səl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: stremsel

Cognate with Western Frisian: strjemsel

In summary

From Middle Dutch stremsel. Equivalent to stremmen + -sel. Cognate with West Frisian strjemsel.