cheese plane
- noun
- /tʃiːz pleɪn/
:
cortador de queso
- I used a cheese plane to slice the Gouda.
Examples
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The cheese plane is essential for making a charcuterie board.
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They bought a new cheese plane for their kitchen after the old one broke.
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A cheese plane is perfect for serving semi-hard cheeses like Gouda.
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She used a cheese plane to add thin slices to the platter.
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To create a beautiful cheese platter, use a cheese plane to slice the hard cheese into thin, even pieces.
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The chef demonstrated how to use a cheese plane to make perfect slices of aged gouda for the appetizer.
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For a lovely charcuterie board, opt for a cheese plane to ensure your cheese is sliced uniformly.
Synonyms
7
2.6
A tool that cuts food into thin slices like bread or cheese
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1.5
A small tool with a thin blade for cutting cheese
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1.8
A tool with a flat blade for cutting thin, even slices of hard cheese
A tool with a wire or blade that cuts cheese into slices
How Thin
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Morphology
The compound literally names a plane (tool) used for cheese, so the meaning is directly derivable from combining 'cheese' and 'plane' and follows ordinary English noun–noun composition for tools. Even if learners mainly know 'plane' as a woodworking tool, the modifier 'cheese' makes the intended tool-for-cheese interpretation obvious; similar transparent compounds exist across languages.
Etymology
Cheese plane comes from the woodworking word plane. Like a carpenter's plane that 'shaves' thin strips of wood, a cheese plane makes thin, even slices of cheese, so the name tells you it is a tool for making thin slices.