antihuff

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noun

A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.

First used 1881Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounantihuff (uncountable)
  1. USobsoleteuncountableA substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.First known use 1881

    [in title]

    1881, T. D. Curtis, “Skim Milk Cheese and "Anti-Huff"”, in Sixteenth Annual Report of the American Dairymen's Association, page 7

Origin

From anti- + huff. Huffing was cheesemakers' jargon for an unwanted expansion or swelling that rendered cheese unsaleable.

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APA

antihuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antihuff

MLA

“antihuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antihuff. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antihuff,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antihuff.

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