extra cheese
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1.0
- noun
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queso extra
- The secret to take-out eggplant parmesan is extra cheese.
- extra cheese on pizza
- burrito with extra cheese
- burger with extra cheese
I think it's this and extra cheese, which also often ends badly and faster than you planned.
- I think it's this and extra cheese, which also often ends badly and faster than you planned.
Examples
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I asked for a bacon, sausage, egg, and extra cheese.
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- So one single with extra cheese.
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One single with extra cheese!
Fiction book (1998) -
Give me a big extra cheese pizza and a light Coke.
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Hey, would you mind putting some extra cheese on that potato tonight, Trudy?
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OK, we got two doubles, extra sauce, extra cheese, light mayo, no pickles.
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I would like a slice of pizza with extra cheese, please.
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The chef added some extra cheese to the pasta for more flavor.
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His burger came with extra cheese on top, making it even more delicious.
Synonyms
41
1.5
A special newspaper edition printed for a major event
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an additional amount of cheese' is directly and transparently derived from 'extra' (more than usual) + 'cheese' (the dairy food); a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the phrase. The ADJ+NOUN pattern for indicating an added quantity is cross-linguistically common and frequent in restaurant contexts, reinforcing its transparency.
Etymology
Extra cheese comes from the simple idea of asking for more cheese on a meal: the word extra means 'more' and cheese is the food, so people asked for extra cheese to make a dish richer and gooey. That's why today extra cheese means 'an additional amount of cheese' added to a dish.