Associations to the word «Whey»

Wiktionary

WHEY, noun. The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

Dictionary definition

WHEY, noun. The serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese.
WHEY, noun. Watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats