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antihuff

antihuff noun: a substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.

Noun

antihuff (uncountable)

  1. (US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
    • [in title]1881, T. D. Curtis, “Skim Milk Cheese and "Anti-Huff"”, in Sixteenth Annual Report of the American Dairymen's Association, page 7

Origin of antihuff

From anti- + huff. Huffing was cheesemakers' jargon for an unwanted expansion or swelling that rendered cheese unsaleable.

Questions about antihuff

What does antihuff mean?
Antihuff means a substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
What part of speech is antihuff?
Antihuff is a noun.

Words near antihuff in the dictionary

  1. antihormone
  2. antihormones
  3. antihorse
  4. antihospital
  5. antihotel
  6. antihuff
  7. antihum
  8. antihuman
  9. antihumanism
  10. antihumanisms
  11. antihumanist

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