cheese slicer
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- noun
- /tʃiːz ˈslaɪər/
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cortador de queso
- She used a cheese slicer to prepare thin, uniform pieces of cheddar for the cheese platter.
Examples
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I need a new cheese slicer.
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This cheese slicer works perfectly for gouda.
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Every kitchen drawer should have a cheese slicer for quick and easy cheese preparation.
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She used a cheese slicer to cut perfect, even slices for the sandwich.
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The cheese slicer is ideal for slicing blocks of cheddar or gouda.
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To make a delicious sandwich, I carefully cut the cheese with a cheese slicer to ensure even slices.
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For the party, we made sure to have a cheese slicer available so guests could easily serve themselves.
Synonyms
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A tool that cuts food into thin slices like bread or cheese
A tool with a flat blade that makes thin even slices of semi-hard or hard cheese
A tool with a wire or blade that cuts cheese into slices
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tool for slicing cheese' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cheese' (the food) with 'slicer' (a tool for slicing). This noun–noun compounding pattern is highly productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Cheese slicer likely comes from a simple kitchen tool first made in Norway when a carpenter used a blade like a wood plane to slice thin pieces from a block of cheese, and the name joins cheese and slicer to show its job. So, cheese slicer means 'a tool for cutting thin, even slices of cheese'.