How to pronounce clabber
American English pronunciation
KLAB-ur
- IPA
- /ˈklæbɚ/
- Syllables
- KLAB · ur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What clabber means
Milk that has turned thick and sour
In a sentence: On the farm, they left the milk out until it set into clabber.
Where it comes from: It is short for bonny clabber, from Irish words for "milk" and "mud," meaning thick milk for churning.
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