Antonyms for clabber


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : klab-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklæb ər


Definition of clabber

Origin :
  • "mud," 1824, from Irish and Gaelic clabar "mud." Also often short for bonnyclabber.
  • As in curdle : noun sour; change into coagulated substance
  • As in thicken : verb set; make more dense
  • As in gelatinize : verb coagulate
  • As in inspissate : verb thicken
  • As in clot : verb coagulate
  • As in coagulate : verb clot
  • As in congeal : verb coagulate
Example sentences :
  • Mix with buttermilk or clabber to the consistency of biscuit.
  • Extract from : « Housekeeping in Old Virginia » by Marion Cabell Tyree
  • Buttermilk, clabber, fresh butter, disappeared in an instant.
  • Extract from : « Memories » by Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers
  • Then she took a tin cup full of clabber, poured a little syrup upon it, and ate it heartily.
  • Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various
  • Ash cake was good wid poke salad and clabber or butter milk and best of all was sweet milk!
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 » by Works Projects Administration
  • We have supper at five o'clock, but usually have a bowl of clabber or a glass of milk before going to bed.
  • Extract from : « The American Country Girl » by Martha Foote Crow
  • Tom got all the delicacies, Chambers got mush and milk, and clabber without sugar.
  • Extract from : « The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • May whiskey turn to clabber in his mouth, and every time he sneezes may he blister the soles of his feet.
  • Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
  • Then put the article to soak in another pan of milk, letting it stand until the milk turns to clabber.
  • Extract from : « Fowler's Household Helps » by A. L. Fowler
  • I 'member choppin' cotton on Clabber branch when I wus a little boy before de surrender.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Various
  • First, if milk is allowed to sour or clabber, the casein is coagulated by nature, which is really the first process of digestion.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopedia of Diet » by Eugene Christian

Synonyms for clabber

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