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How to pronounce rancid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sour
Derivation rancidity, rancidness
Type Words
Derivation rancidness


rancid butter.
rancid bacon.

Examples of rancid

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A large percentage of capsules and other fish oils studied contained rancid oil.
From the heraldtribune.com
Who knows how his pursuit of a Hollywood career landed him in such a rancid stew?
From the online.wsj.com
Biodiesel goes rancid and can freeze, making it hard to start cars in the winter.
From the businessweek.com
Keep all whole-grain products in the freezer to prevent them from going rancid.
From the thenewstribune.com
Where could they dump the rancid trash that piled up while they were evacuated?
From the ocregister.com
Richard Gere's performance as a good cop gone rancid is a marvel of slipperiness.
From the time.com
Once a female passes 25 she starts to turn rancid and smell like rotting fish.
From the independent.co.uk
You're right, many oils will spoil and take on a rancid taste at room temperature.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Polyphenols protect chocolate from turning rancid, even without refrigeration.
From the buffalonews.com
More examples
  • (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"
  • Sour: smelling of fermentation or staleness
  • (rancidity) the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil)
  • Rancid is the eponymous debut album by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was released on May 10, 1993 through Epitaph Records. It is the only Rancid album not to feature Lars Frederiksen on guitar. ...
  • Rancid is an American punk rock band from Albany, California, formed in 1991. Founded by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong, both of whom previously played in ska punk group Operation Ivy, the band is credited along with The Offspring and Green Day with helping to revive mainstream popular interest ...
  • Rancid is a 2004 Swedish thriller film in English, written by Jesper Ersgu00E5rd and directed by Jack Ersgard.
  • RANCID (Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ) is a network management application. RANCID monitors a router's (or more generally a device's) configuration, including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc) and uses Concurrent Version System (CVS) or Subversion (SVN) to maintain ...
  • (Rancidity) Rancidification is the chemical decomposition of fats, oils and other lipids (This may also occur in mechanical cutting fluids). There are three basic types of rancidity. Hydrolytic rancidity occurs when water splits fatty acid chains away from the glycerol backbone in glycerides. ...
  • Being rank in taste or smell; offensive