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quark

noun

Fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
Q
Ends with
K
Contains
UA
Scrabble score
18

How it sounds

Pronunciation

kwɑːk

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noun

  1. Fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet

noun

  1. (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3

    “Quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally”

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Quarks have not been observed directly but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally

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