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| cottage cheese |
a soft white mild-flavored cheese made of slightly soured skim-milk curds. |
| cream |
to skim the cream or best part from. [1/14 definitions] |
| despumate |
to remove scum from; skim. [1/3 definitions] |
| frozen custard |
a food similar to ice cream but made with skim milk and having a softer smoother texture. |
| hydroplane |
to skim a watery surface in the manner of a hydroplane, as a speeding automobile on a wet road. [1/5 definitions] |
| ice milk |
a kind of frozen dessert similar to ice cream but made with skim milk rather than cream. |
| Parmesan |
a hard dry cheese made from skim milk and usu. grated to garnish other foods such as pasta. |
| rabble2 |
a tool or device used in a furnace to stir or mix molten metals or to skim off impurities. [2 definitions] |
| sapsago |
a strong, firm cheese made from skim milk and flavored with sweet clover. |
| scan |
to read or look over quickly; skim. [1/10 definitions] |
| shearwater |
any of various long-winged black or black-and-white sea birds that, when flying low, appear to skim the water with their wings. |
| skate1 |
to move along on ice skates or roller skates, or as though on such skates; glide or skim. [1/2 definitions] |
| skimmer |
a flat utensil with holes, used to skim liquids. [2/4 definitions] |
| skip |
to cause to skim across the surface, esp. of water. [1/10 definitions] |
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