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cheese spread

cheese spread

1 1.0
A soft food made from cheese mixed with butter, cream, or spices to spread on bread
  • noun
  • /tʃiːz sprɛd/
translation icon : crema de queso
  • Now tell me, is this the taste of real cheese spread or imitation?
  • cream cheese spread
  • cheddar cheese spread
  • blue cheese spread

If it says pasteurized processed cheese spread, those are not real cheese.

Examples

  • She ate cream cheese spread on stale Saltines.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Do we have any cheese spread, or what?

    Shocker (1989)

  • We got any cheese spread?

    Shocker (1989)

  • You'll find this spicy cheese spread in many a restaurant in the South.

  • Or if you love salty foods (like me!), keep olives and lower-fat cheese spreads around instead of going and buying a bunch of potato chips.

    Blog text (8)

  • This sandwich is delicious with a generous layer of cheese spread on top.

  • For a quick snack, I like to dip crackers into cheese spread flavored with herbs.

  • The chef prepared a rich cheese spread that complemented the fresh vegetables perfectly.

Synonyms

cream cheese
vscheese spread
40 1.0

A soft fresh cheese you spread on bread or crackers

is made by blending dairy with butter cream or seasonings
spread
vscheese spread
12 1.1

A soft food used on bread, like butter or jam

is a specific dairy mixture made by blending with butter cream or seasonings
schmear
vscheese spread
  • US
1 9.2

A layer of soft food like cream cheese on a bagel

is a mixed dairy product meant to be prepared rather than only layered

How Spreadable

cream cheese
40 1.0
cheese spread
1 1.0
cheese dip
1 1.1

Surface Forms

cheese spread singular
cheese spreads plural

Morphology

cheese + spread

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cheese' (a dairy food) with 'spread' (a creamy/pasty food applied to bread); a B1 learner who knows both words will understand this denotes a spread made from cheese. This noun+noun compositional pattern is common across languages and follows straightforward English compounding, so the expression is immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Cheese spread comes from the simple idea of mixing cheese with butter, cream, or herbs until it becomes soft enough to spread on bread or crackers. So the name tells you it is 'a soft, spreadable food' made from cheese.