cheese dip
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1.1
- noun
- /tʃiːz dɪp/
:
dip de queso
- This is a great cheese dip indeed!
- blue cheese dip
Examples
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The one that's just the chips and cheese dip.
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Cheese dip?
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It's got cheese dip on it.
Fiction book (1996) -
Can you bring us some chips and cheese dip, too, please?
Fiction book (1995) -
Is that your great-aunt's cheese dip?
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Stir the cheese dip.
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This cheese dip was long-time Muskogee Grande Dame Nancy Howard's.
Blog text (9) -
Prior to arrival, there are requests for "your mom's cheese dip," Buttermilk Brownie Sheetcake, and Mexican Tabouli.
Blog text (9) -
At the party, everyone loved my cheese dip served with crispy tortilla chips.
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She prepared a delicious cheese dip to accompany the vegetables during the gathering.
Synonyms
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6.7
A hot melted cheese dip served with tortilla chips
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cheese' (a dairy product) with 'dip' (a thick condiment for dunking), indicating a cheese-based condiment served for dipping. This simple noun–noun culinary compounding is common across languages and follows an obvious compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cheese dip comes from a simple food picture: people melt cheese into a bowl so guests can 'dip' chips, bread, or vegetables into it. That's why the name means 'melted cheese served for dipping' today.