macaroni and cheese
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- noun
- /ˌmækəˈroʊni ənd tʃiz/
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macarrones con queso
- For dinner, we had homemade macaroni and cheese topped with breadcrumbs.
- eat macaroni and cheese
- make macaroni and cheese
- cook macaroni and cheese
Yeah, my last meal was a whole box of macaroni and cheese.
- Yeah, my last meal was a whole box of macaroni and cheese.
- Yeah, well, my first time I imbibed weed, I ate weed, macaroni and cheese.
- They had this crazy Mac and moo sandwich killer smoke on the on the on the burger, brisket, macaroni and cheese, spices, sauces.
Examples
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Dinner includes BBQ ribs, oven-roasted chicken breast, macaroni and cheese, baked beans, and scrumptious strawberry shortcake.
Blog text (11) -
Make something simple, like macaroni and cheese or shepherd's pie.
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, that was just the best macaroni and cheese dinner l think l ever... had.
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We're having macaroni and cheese.
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And then I make a really good macaroni and cheese and fried chicken.
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I think I'm gonna have the macaroni and cheese.
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You know, I make the world's best macaroni and cheese.
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A week later, he came around to ask for a recipe for macaroni and cheese.
Fiction book (1996) -
Oh, my goodness, homemade macaroni and cheese.
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It's not a hypothetical question; a lot of college students survive on macaroni and cheese.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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Food made from wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, shaped into pieces and boiled, often served with sauce
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Morphology
The meaning 'a dish of macaroni mixed with cheese' is directly and literally built from the constituents 'macaroni' (pasta) + 'and' (joining) + 'cheese' (dairy), so a B1 learner who knows those words will readily infer the dish. This noun-coordination pattern for naming foods is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'macarrones con queso'), reinforcing its compositional transparency.
Etymology
Macaroni and cheese is named for its two main parts: macaroni pasta and melted cheese. One popular story says cooks in Italy mixed pasta and cheese, and when the idea reached England and America it became a cheap, warming 'comfort' food, which is why the name simply describes the dish.