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cheese dip

cheese dip

1 1.1
A warm sauce of melted cheese served for dipping chips or bread
  • noun
  • /tʃiːz dɪp/
translation icon : dip de queso
  • This is a great cheese dip indeed!
  • blue cheese dip

Examples

  • The one that's just the chips and cheese dip.

    Dual (2022)

  • Cheese dip?

    Kiss the Bride (2007)

  • It's got cheese dip on it.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Can you bring us some chips and cheese dip, too, please?

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Is that your great-aunt's cheese dip?

    Kiss the Bride (2007)

  • Stir the cheese dip.

    From Eva, with Love (2014)

  • This cheese dip was long-time Muskogee Grande Dame Nancy Howard's.

    Blog text (9)

  • Prior to arrival, there are requests for "your mom's cheese dip," Buttermilk Brownie Sheetcake, and Mexican Tabouli.

    Blog text (9)

  • At the party, everyone loved my cheese dip served with crispy tortilla chips.

  • She prepared a delicious cheese dip to accompany the vegetables during the gathering.

Synonyms

queso
vscheese dip
  • US
9 6.7

A hot melted cheese dip served with tortilla chips

is a general melted cheese sauce not tied to any particular cuisine

How Thick

pâté
12 7.5
cheese dip
1 1.1
cheese sauce
3 1.0

Surface Forms

cheese dip singular
cheese dips plural

Morphology

cheese + dip

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cheese' (a dairy product) with 'dip' (a thick condiment for dunking), indicating a cheese-based condiment served for dipping. This simple noun–noun culinary compounding is common across languages and follows an obvious compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Cheese dip comes from a simple food picture: people melt cheese into a bowl so guests can 'dip' chips, bread, or vegetables into it. That's why the name means 'melted cheese served for dipping' today.