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kashk

kashk noun: a thick, whitish liquid (sometimes dried) made from whey, used in Iranian and Kurdish cuisine.

kashk: a thick, whitish liquid (sometimes dried) made from whey, used in Iranian and Kurdish cuisine
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Noun

kashk (uncountable)

  1. A thick, whitish liquid (sometimes dried) made from whey, used in Iranian and Kurdish cuisine.
  2. Dried, fermented yoghurt, buttermilk, or cheese, especially when shaped into small balls, consumed in Kyrgyz and Uzbek cuisine.
    Synonyms:
    qurut, gurt, khuruud

Synonyms of kashk

Questions about kashk

What does kashk mean?
Kashk means a thick, whitish liquid (sometimes dried) made from whey, used in Iranian and Kurdish cuisine.
What part of speech is kashk?
Kashk is a noun.

Words near kashk in the dictionary

  1. Kashiwabara
  2. Kashiwagi
  3. Kashiwagis
  4. Kashiwara
  5. Kashiwazaki
  6. kashk
  7. Kashkai
  8. kashkaval
  9. Kashmeer
  10. Kashmir
  11. Kashmir bee hawkmoth

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