Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clabber

/ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: clab-ber
IPA: /ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sour or curdled milk.

Uncountable

noun

Wet clay or mud.

Uncountable

verb

To sour or curdle.

Example Sentences

"Even butter had proved beyond her means, for the milk she had tried to churn had never firmed up beyond the consistency of runny clabber."
"They always had more milk than they needed and often entire buckets would clabber and one of her brothers would carry it out to the bunkhouse for the vaqueros."

Etymology

Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: bainne

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

clauber (alternative) clabbers (present, singular) clabbering (participle, present) clabbered (participle, past) clabbered (past)

Phrases

clabber up

Frequently Paired Words

bonnyclabber

Synonyms

curdle clot

Homonyms

clauber

Rhymes With

grabber aber jabber gabber slabber yabber babber

Questions

How do you pronounce clabber?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/.
What does clabber mean?: Sour or curdled milk.
Where does clabber come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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