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brick cheese

brick cheese

4.2
A soft, slightly sweet American cheese made from whole milk and shaped like a brick
  • noun
  • /brɪk tʃiz/
  • US
translation icon : queso brick
  • For the party, I prepared a cheese platter that included brick cheese and crackers.

Examples

  • The grilled sandwich was filled with slices of brick cheese and fresh tomatoes.

  • For the dough, bread, flour, instant yeast, salt, water, extra virgin olive oil, brick cheese, pepperoni.

  • I added some melted brick cheese on top of my pizza for extra flavor.

How Firm

Parmesan
46 2.5
cheddar
50 1.0
brick cheese
  • US
4.2
Brie
37 3.5

Surface Forms

brick cheese singular
brick cheeses plural

Morphology

brick + cheese

The compound transparently combines 'brick' (a rectangular block) with 'cheese', so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a type or form of cheese resembling a brick-shaped block; the finer details (semisoft, regional variety) are extra specifications. This noun-noun modifier pattern (modifier indicating shape/type) is common cross-linguistically, supporting immediate comprehension of the core meaning.

Etymology

Brick cheese was shaped in a solid, rectangular block so each piece looked like a building brick. Because it was a block of cheese that looked like a 'brick', people called it brick cheese and the name stayed.