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n. (food) | 1. cheese | a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk. |
| ~ solid food, food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment.; "food and drink" |
| ~ dairy product | milk and butter and cheese. |
| ~ curd | coagulated milk; used to make cheese.; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey" |
| ~ cheese rind | the rind of a cheese. |
| ~ cream cheese | soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream. |
| ~ triple cream, triple creme | fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat. |
| ~ cottage cheese, farm cheese, farmer's cheese, pot cheese | mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk. |
| ~ process cheese, processed cheese | made by blending several lots of cheese. |
| ~ bleu, blue cheese | cheese containing a blue mold. |
| ~ brie | soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert. |
| ~ brick cheese | semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form. |
| ~ camembert | rich soft creamy French cheese. |
| ~ american cheese, armerican cheddar, cheddar cheese, cheddar | hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England. |
| ~ cheshire cheese | a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture. |
| ~ double gloucester | a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese. |
| ~ edam | mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering. |
| ~ chevre, goat cheese | made from goats' milk. |
| ~ gouda, gouda cheese | mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls. |
| ~ grated cheese | hard or semihard cheese grated. |
| ~ hand cheese | any cheese originally molded by hand. |
| ~ liederkranz | a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor. |
| ~ limburger | a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor. |
| ~ mozzarella | mild white Italian cheese. |
| ~ muenster | semisoft pale-yellow cheese. |
| ~ parmesan | hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated. |
| ~ quark cheese, quark | fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet. |
| ~ ricotta | soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese. |
| ~ string cheese | cheese formed in long strings twisted together. |
| ~ swiss cheese | hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland. |
| ~ velveeta | trademark: soft processed American cheese. |
n. (plant) | 2. cheese, cheeseflower, high mallow, malva sylvestris, tall mallow | erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States. |
| ~ genus malva, malva | herbs and subshrubs: mallows. |
| ~ mallow | any of various plants of the family Malvaceae. |
v. (stative) | 3. cheese | used in the imperative (get away, or stop it).; "Cheese it!" |
| ~ cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
v. (contact) | 4. cheese | wind onto a cheese.; "cheese the yarn" |
| ~ spool | wind onto a spool or a reel. |
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