stremsel

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch stremsel. Equivalent to stremmen +‎ -sel. Cognate with West Frisian strjemsel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstrɛm.səl/ Hyphenation: strem‧sel Rhymes: -ɛmsəl === Noun === stremsel n (plural stremsels, no diminutive) rennet; 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 Synonyms: leb, runsel Om kaas te maken heeft men stremsel nodig. ― You need rennet in order to make cheese. Year unknown, Hermina Grolman, Eigen Volk, vol. 2, page 23. (obsolete) any curdled liquid, especially milk 1807, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlyke historie van Holland, vol. 6, publ. P. H. Trap, page 251. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: stremsel === References === Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “stremsel”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001