Definition of Rennet

1. Noun. A substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket.

Generic synonyms: Organic Compound
Terms within: Chymosin, Rennin

Definition of Rennet

1. n. A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.

2. n. The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk.

Definition of Rennet

1. Noun. An 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. ¹

2. Noun. A kind of apple. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rennet

1. a lining membrane in the stomach of certain young animals [n -S]

Medical Definition of Rennet

1. The inner lining of the fourth stomach of the calf of a ruminant (such as a cow). It is used to make cheese because it produces the enzyme rennin. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rennet

renitence
renitences
renitencies
renitency
renitent
renk
renker
renkest
renminbi
renminbis
rennase
rennases
renne
renned
rennes
rennet (current term)
rennet stomach
renneted
renneting
rennetings
rennets
rennin
renning
rennings
renninogen
rennins
reno-
renocutaneous
renogastric
renogenic

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