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cheeseball

cheeseball

2 2.8
A small round cheese snack that is either soft for crackers or crunchy like a chip
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃiːzˌbɔl/
  • US
translation icon : bola de queso
  • She brought a creamy cheeseball as an appetizer for the gathering.

Examples

  • Cheeseball.

    Teen Wolf (1985)

  • Your mom sent me in here to get a cheeseball.

    Surviving Christmas (2004)

  • Where'd you get that big cheeseball?

    A Perfect Man (2013)

  • At the party, everyone enjoyed the delicious cheeseball served with crackers.

  • For the snack table, I prepared a crunchy cheeseball that everyone loved.

Synonyms

cheese
vscheeseball
∞ 1.0

A solid food made from milk that is pressed and often aged

is a small molded appetizer or crunchy snack rather than an aged solid
cheese spread
vscheeseball
1 1.0

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

is shaped into a firm small round or comes as a crunchy snack instead

Surface Forms

cheeseball singular
cheeseballs plural

Morphology

cheeseball = cheese + ball (transparent) = cheese + ball

A literal compound meaning a ball-shaped or ball-sized food item made of or flavored with cheese; the components directly indicate the referent.

Etymology

Cheeseball is simply the words cheese and ball put together to name a small round cheese item. So, a cheeseball can be a molded cheese appetizer or a small crunchy cheese snack.