Rennet

noun

/ˈɹɛnɪt/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounAn 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.

Synonyms

whey casein zymogen enzym rennin rennase caseinase renninogen caseinate casease paracasein lactenin

Rhymes With

tenet sennit bennet sennet benet jennet pennate herb bennet

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