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# rennet

«rennet» in Mova's school dictionary: **A substance, traditionally from a calf's stomach, used to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rennet — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A substance, traditionally from a calf's stomach, used to make milk curdle (go thick and lumpy) when making cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/#m1)

2) Vegetable or microbial rennet: a similar substance made from plants or microbes, used for vegetarian cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and food lessons, rennet contains an enzyme that makes milk proteins clump into curds, separating them from the liquid whey; curds become cheese. «Little Miss Muffet» ate curds and whey. Vegetarians check cheese labels for animal rennet. Phrases: «animal rennet», «vegetarian rennet», «curds and whey».

### examples

- Cheesemakers add rennet to milk to make curds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/#x1)
- Rennet makes the milk go thick and lumpy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/#x2)
- This cheese is made with vegetarian rennet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/#x3)
- Traditional rennet comes from a calf's stomach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/#x4)
- The curds are pressed into cheese and the whey drains away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/#x5)
- Junket is a soft pudding made with milk and rennet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «some rennet». The key chemical is an enzyme called chymosin. Food trap: not all cheese is vegetarian, because animal rennet is used in some.

### In the corpora

- [Cheese-makers add bacteria and rennet to milk, which separates into solid curds and watery whey; the curds become cheese.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rennet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rennet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.