1. thick sour milk that has curdled naturally
Usage: regional; Southern U.S.

1. becomes thick and curdled (of milk)
Usage: regional; Southern U.S.

Examples

• The milk clabbers quickly in hot weather.
• She made biscuits using clabbers instead of buttermilk.
• Grandma always kept clabbers in the icebox for cooking.
• The cream clabbers naturally when left out overnight.
• Old-fashioned recipes often called for clabbers.
• The milk clabbers and separates into curds and whey.