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cheese1

Pronunciation: /tʃiːz/

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Definition of cheese

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1a food made from the pressed curds of milk, firm and elastic or soft and semi-liquid in texture:grated cheese [as modifier]:a cheese sandwich [count noun]:a cow’s milk cheese
  • [count noun] a complete cake of cheese with its rind: the cheeses are trimmed and wrapped in sterilized muslin
  • [with modifier] British a conserve having the consistency of soft cheese:lemon cheese
  • [count noun] a round, flat object resembling a cake of cheese, such as the heavy flat wooden disc used in skittles and other games.
  • 2 informal the quality of being too obviously sentimental:the conversations tend too far towards cheese

Phrases

hard cheese

British informal used to express sympathy over a petty matter: jolly hard cheese, better luck next time!

say cheese

said by a photographer to encourage the subject to smile.

Origin:

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

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