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cheese

  • noun
  • chēz

A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.

Other meanings

  1. Any particular variety of cheese.

  2. A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.

Example sentences

  • “Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese.”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

Word history

From Old English "ċīese".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cheese” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.