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cheese

cheese

∞ 1.0
A solid food made from milk that is pressed and often aged
  • noun
  • /tʃiːz/
: queso
  • The pizza was topped with melted cheese and fresh basil.
  • cottage cheese
  • cheese slices
  • cream cheese

So you still like a little cheese though, right?

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Examples

  • I got you some eggs and goat cheese.

  • But here we are, all the same: drinking tea, eating cheese, alive, as if by reflex.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I think a nice soft cheese would go down well.

  • Oh that is tasty cheese that is good.

  • So I said, "Fine, give me a cheese sandwich and coffee with milk."

    Academic text (1990)
  • Do you want cream cheese, smoked salmon?

  • The delicious cannelloni with the cheese filling.

  • We've all got beans and cheese on toast today for lunch.

  • They were producing milk and cheese and grain as well as meat.

  • Foodstuffs, including tobacco, wine, cheese, and fresh vegetables, accounted for more than 20 percent of exports.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

cream cheese
vscheese
47 1.0

A soft fresh cheese you spread on bread or crackers

is the wider pressed curd food, not only fresh spreadable forms
Parmesan
vscheese
42 2.5

A hard, dry Italian cheese with a strong taste often grated over pasta

is general and includes both mild and strong aged varieties
mozzarella
vscheese
31 1.6

A soft white Italian cheese often used on pizza and in salads

is the general pressed curd food, not only fresh melting types
goat cheese
vscheese
29 2.3

A soft food made from goat milk, often tangy and creamy

is the broad variety covering many milks and different flavor profiles
dairy product
vscheese
23 1.4

Food that comes from animal milk, like cheese or yogurt

is the specific solid pressed curd food within that broader milk based category
Brie
vscheese
21 3.5

A soft white cheese from France with a thin edible rind and a mild creamy taste

is the wider solid food class, not confined to soft creamy varieties
cottage cheese
vscheese
20 1.0

A soft white cheese with small lumps made from milk

is more general and includes both smooth and lumpy pressed curd types
blue cheese
vscheese
19 2.8

A cheese with blue or green veins and a strong flavor

is the basic pressed curd food and does not require mold for character
Swiss cheese
vscheese
18 1.3

A hard pale yellow cheese with round holes

is not limited to holey types and includes many other styles
cheddar cheese
vscheese
15 1.0

A hard, smooth cheese with a strong taste commonly used in cooking and sandwiches

is a broader category covering many textures and flavor types
grated cheese
vscheese
7 1.0

Cheese you rub on a grater into small pieces

is the whole solid food form, not just prepared bits for topping
American cheese
vscheese
  • US
7 1.3

A soft, mild cheese made in factories and used on burgers and sandwiches

is the broader natural product category, not confined to processed sandwich types
Camembert
vscheese
6 6.1

A rich soft French cheese made from cow's milk with a white rind you can eat

is the general category that also includes firmer and drier types
fromage
vscheese
  • Specialized
5 7.9

A French word for cheese often used in English menus for French cheeses

is the general English term for the same solid dairy food
process cheese
vscheese
  • US
2 3.3

A cheese made by mixing different cheeses with other ingredients that help it melt smoothly

is the traditional pressed curd food, produced without modern emulsifiers
chevre
vscheese
1 9.7

A soft cheese made from goat's milk with a slightly sour taste

is the general pressed curd food not restricted to a French origin
farmer's cheese
vscheese
  • US
1 4.0

A mild white cheese made from the curds of soured milk

is often aged and flavored, not limited to fresh pressed varieties
hand cheese
vscheese
1 9.6

A semi-hard cheese with a strong smell and taste shaped by hand

is more general, covering all shapes, strengths, and production methods
store cheese
vscheese
  • Informal
1 3.6

A common American cheddar people buy in wrapped slices or blocks in shops

is the general solid dairy food, not only pre packaged sliced forms
chèvre
vscheese
8.1

A soft cheese made from goat milk

is the general pressed curd food, not limited to this milk source or texture
processed cheese
vscheese
2.8

Cheese made by mixing other cheeses with added ingredients to make a smooth, long-lasting product

is the natural pressed curd food, not always industrially blended with additives

Idioms

to say cheese
  • Informal
18 4.6

To ask people to smile for a photo

big cheese
  • Slang
10 5.3

A person who is very important in a group or company

1 9.6

To pass gas from your bottom, usually said as a joke

1 6.3

Two people or things that are completely different from each other

1 8.9

A phrase showing little or no sympathy for someone's bad luck

cheese and rice
  • Informal
9.9

A short phrase people say to show surprise or frustration instead of using a religious name

A small, disappointing thing that does not help enough

Compounds

47 1.0

A soft fresh cheese you spread on bread or crackers

44 1.0

A hot sandwich with melted cheese between toasted bread

29 2.3

A soft food made from goat milk, often tangy and creamy

A dish of small tube pasta in melted cheese, often baked

A soft white cheese with small lumps made from milk

19 2.8

A cheese with blue or green veins and a strong flavor

18 1.0

A larger amount of cheese that restaurants put on food when you ask for it

18 1.3

A hard pale yellow cheese with round holes

A hard, smooth cheese with a strong taste commonly used in cooking and sandwiches

7 1.0

A pizza with only cheese on top

7 2.1

A type of cheese made into long sticks you can pull into strips

Cheese you rub on a grater into small pieces

7 1.3

A soft, mild cheese made in factories and used on burgers and sandwiches

5 1.0

A creamy sauce made from melted cheese to pour over foods like pasta or vegetables

A creamy sauce that has blue cheese and mayonnaise or sour cream

2 1.1

A warm sauce of melted cheese served for dipping chips or bread

2 1.5

A small tool with a thin blade for cutting cheese

2 3.3

A cheese made by mixing different cheeses with other ingredients that help it melt smoothly

A Swiss dish of melted cheese and wine for dipping bread

A soft food made from cheese mixed with butter, cream, or spices to spread on bread

1 1.6

A flat dish that holds and serves different cheeses

1 4.0

A mild white cheese made from the curds of soured milk

A light baked dish of cheese and eggs that puffs up in the oven

1 4.2

A soft, slightly sweet American cheese made from whole milk and shaped like a brick

1 2.7

A mild cream colored Dutch cheese shaped like a wheel

A tool with a flat blade for cutting thin, even slices of hard cheese

1 3.5

The firm outer layer on a cheese that forms as it ages

1 7.0

A mild soft white cheese that comes from milk curds, often used as a spread or in cooking

1 3.0

A mild white cheese made on small farms from the solid part of sour skim milk

1 4.2

A sweet thick spread for toast or cake made from lemons, butter, eggs, and sugar

A rude, insulting name for people from France that calls them cowardly

1 1.5

A market where people sell and buy cheese, often as a traditional local event

A creamy salad dressing made with crumbled blue cheese

1 9.6

A semi-hard cheese with a strong smell and taste shaped by hand

cheese bus
  • Informal
1 7.9

A bright yellow school bus people call as a joke because it looks like cheese

A tool with a wire or blade that cuts cheese into slices

rat cheese
  • Slang
1 8.9

A strong yellow cheese like American cheddar

cheese press
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A machine that squeezes milk curds to make cheese

1 9.9

A person who acts silly and playful

A cheese that contains live maggots and people eat as a special food

store cheese
  • Informal
1 3.6

A common American cheddar people buy in wrapped slices or blocks in shops

1 2.8

A tool with a flat blade that makes thin even slices of semi-hard or hard cheese

rat cheese
  • Slang
1 9.9

A joke name for old food that smells bad

A light, fluffy baked dish made with cheese and eggs

A mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture

1 5.8

A soft fresh cheese like cottage cheese used in European cooking

7.4

A sandwich with cheese between two slices of buttered bread, common in Britain

cheese tax
  • Informal
7.4

A joking name for a government charge on cheese, including imported cheese

Cheese made by mixing other cheeses with added ingredients to make a smooth, long-lasting product

A cheese with a very strong, unpleasant smell like a skunk

stank-ass cheese
  • Offensive
9.9

A type of cheese with a very strong bad smell

How Strong

blue cheese
19 2.8
Parmesan
42 2.5
cheese
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

cheese singular
cheeses plural

Etymology

Cheese comes from an old European word caseus, and many languages kept similar words like German Käse and Spanish queso, all meaning the same dairy food. So cheese still means the food made by pressing the curd of milk.