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cheese1

Syllabification: (cheese)
Pronunciation: /CHēz/
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Definition of cheese

noun

  • 1a food made from the pressed curds of milk:grated cheese a slice of cheese [as modifier]:a cheese sandwich
  • a complete molded mass of cheese with its rind, often in a round flat shape:a 50-pound, muslin-wrapped cheese
  • a round flat object resembling a cheese.
  • 2 informal the quality of being too obviously sentimental:the conversations tend too far toward cheese

Phrases

hard cheese

British informal used to express sympathy over a petty matter.

say cheese

said by a photographer to encourage the subject to smile.

Origin:

Old English cēse, cȳse; related to Dutch kaas and German Käse; from Latin caseus

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Definition of cheese in the British & World English dictionary

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