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cheesemaker

cheesemaker

1 2.7
A person or company that makes cheese
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃiːzˌmeɪkər/
translation icon : quesero
  • On the "Street of the Shepherds," we'll meet small cheesemakers who tend to their flocks of sheep and goats and produce a limited quantity of extraordinary cheeses that rarely make it out of their home region.
  • artisan cheesemakers
  • artisanal cheesemakers
  • local cheesemaker

Examples

  • And she's a cheesemaker for many, many years.

  • There were several cheesemakers on hand.

    Blog text (22)

  • And from empirical experience as a cheesemaker, I know that milk from those farms usually makes better cheese.

    Blog text (12)

  • She had married a Belgian cheesemaker and gone to live in Bruges!

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The local cheesemaker uses traditional methods to create rich varieties of cheese.

  • She dreamt of becoming a cheesemaker and opened her own shop specializing in artisanal cheeses.

  • Many cheesemakers participate in the annual festival to showcase their unique cheese creations.

Synonyms

creamery
vscheesemaker
5 4.0

A place that makes and sells butter and cheese

is a person or company that makes dairy products rather than a location
food manufacturer
vscheesemaker
4 2.8

A person or company that makes food to sell

specializes in producing one specific dairy product often at smaller scale

Surface Forms

cheesemaker singular
cheesemakers plural

Morphology

cheesemaker = cheese + maker (transparent) = cheese + maker

The compound is directly built from 'cheese' + 'maker' meaning a person or business that makes cheese; the agentive 'maker' is productive and the sense is literal.

Etymology

The word cheesemaker is simply cheese + maker, meaning 'one who makes cheese'. So a cheesemaker is a person or company whose job is to produce cheese.