Dictionary Thesaurus Word Dynamo Quotes Reference Translator Spanish

cheese

[cheez]

Real California Cheese www.realcaliforniamilk.com The Best California Dairy Products. From Real California Dairy Families

Dictionary.com Free Toolbar Dictionary.com Define Cheese Instantly. Faster Page Loads With Fewer Ads.

Ads

noun

the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.

a definite mass of this substance, often in the shape of a wheel or cylinder.

something of similar shape or consistency, as a mass of pomace in cider-making.

Informal. partly digested milk curds sometimes spit up by infants.

cheeses, any of several mallows, especially Malva neglecta, a sprawling,weedy plant having small lavender or white flowers and round, flat, segmented fruits thought to resemble little wheels of cheese.

EXPAND

Slang: Vulgar. smegma.

Metalworking.

a transverse section cut from an ingot, as for making into a tire.

an ingot or billet made into a convex, circular form by blows at the ends.

a low curtsy.

COLLAPSE

verb (used without object)

Informal. (of infants) to spit up partly digested milk curds.

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Cheese is one of our favorite verbs.

So is yaff. Does it mean:

to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.

to bark; yelp.

LEARN MORE FUN, UNUSUAL VERBS WITH WORD DYNAMO...

verb (used with object)

10.

Metalworking. to forge (an ingot or billet) into a cheese.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English chese, Old English cēse (cognate with Old Saxon kāsi, German Käse) < Latin cāseus

Example Sentences

To make the filling, in a bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until the mixture is smooth and light.

You'll spend money on wine and cheese and enjoy some hangout time with friends.

Goat cheese and other dairy products are already popular gourmet items.

EXPAND

To make the filling, in a bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until the mixture is smooth and light.

You'll spend money on wine and cheese and enjoy some hangout time with friends.

Goat cheese and other dairy products are already popular gourmet items.

The pairing of wine with cheese has long been a given.

Cheese is an everyday artifact of microbial artistry.

He tells the bartender the cheese is no good, he can't smell a thing.

Delicate mascarpone cheese is a natural companion to sweet caramelized carrots in this brightly hued risotto.

We tried the cheese and got a pizza with a sturdy, slightly sweet tomato sauce on a hand-stretched crust.

Combine vinegar and oil in a small bowl, stir in grated cheese and pour over fennel and favas.

Sandwich makers load meat and cheese onto slabs of homemade bread.

Clearly the quarter-pounder with cheese would have been a superior choice for an index.

For instance, imagining eating chocolate wouldn't prevent you from gorging on cheese.

The trout is caught by the fisherman's lure, the mouse by cheese.

Babybel cheeses come individually wrapped in wax and plastic, making them more durable than larger hunks of cheese.

Macaroni dripping with cheese sauce stays light thanks to reduced-fat cheeses and creamy evaporated milk.

The idea was to scan the database of cheese by calling the get_cheese procedure.

The cheese is not shipped in wheels, but in one-pound wedges coated in wax, above left.

Spread the cheese on this tortilla, top with some of the mushrooms and spinach mixture.

Two psychologists had set up a cardboard maze and placed a piece of cheese at one end.

With cheese this has a taste to please any beef-eater.

It'll be nice if this turns out true: no more feeling guilty over cheese or my lumpy kosher salt on snacks.

Puree the meat with seeds and cashews, or pair it with cream cheese for something a little sweeter.

Ripe strawberries are the perfect topper for this smooth delicious cheesecake made with cream cheese and chevre.

Costco can tempt me with luxury goods and samples of macaroni and cheese.

I've added corn, chilies and cheese to this cornbread.

Other small farms in the area make cheese and offer sleigh rides to make ends meet.

Make peanut butter or cream cheese sandwiches using round deli bread.

It would probably be similar to tasting pickle juice and cottage cheese.

He loved his mom's grilled cheese sandwiches growing up and didn't care much for kimchi.

Perk up a green salad with juicy-sweet berries and flavorful blue cheese crumbles.

The funniest thing is that the exploding cheese shots actually won that battle.

Top with one quarter of the cheese, and place a third of the poblanos and sweet potatoes over the cheese.

It was clear to both of us that my warm peach and cream cheese blintz trounced his deconstructed yogurt parfait.

Oozy, mild melted cheese pairs beautifully with the sweet and tangy fruit.

Just outside its gates women sell figs and cheese from their villages in the hills.

Put about one-half tablespoon diced chili and one tablespoon of crumbled cheese into each bowl.

The fillings include vanilla or chocolate custard, fruit fillings, or sweetened cream cheese.

Try your favorite local blue cheese in this tasty risotto.

Place the fries on top of a mound of cheese curds on a serving plate.

He topped some fried tortilla triangles with cheese and jalapeño slices and put it under the broiler.

Brie cheese acts as a creamy sauce when melted by the warm pasta.

For the filling, mix together the cheese and the beaten eggs, mashing into a smooth paste.

Whole strawberries, glazed with a cooked strawberry sauce, conceal this pie's layer of fresh peaches on sweetened cream cheese.

Using an electric mixer or food processor, cream cheese and butter until thoroughly mixed.

The line between cheese and legitimate music is a somewhat fine one to.

Boiled chuño and cheese are said to have replaced sandwiches at cabinet meetings.

Dairy-free cheese alternatives that are good for the environment.

And their grilled cheese consists of squeaky cheese and spices melted in a hoagie-roll panini, with gravy on the side.

Your friends will flip for chimichangas, steak tortas, cheese dip.

Combining seafood and cheese may be a longstanding taboo, but pecorino can add necessary verve to seafood salad.

Stebbings, who had the notion of using grated cheese to filter tobacco.

The simple addition of caramelized apples and salty blue cheese gives this tasty soup a sophisticated feel.

Just have him hook-shot his hunk of cheese into the right.

Finding the macaroni and cheese that suits the mood, and making.

But it is less blatant than toting wine and cheese or a glamorous guest speaker on the day the evaluation forms are given out.

My dad would put a can of peas in when he made macaroni and cheese from a box.

Improving the smell in stores by changing the cheese used in breakfast sandwiches was a.

Simply give the animal cheese every time it picks the rectangle, and it will soon learn to select the rectangle every time.

Earthy mushrooms, succulent chicken, and a sprinkle of nutty parmesan cheese make this low-fat dish feel indulgent.

Tie one end of your trip wire to the cheese trigger and the other end to something stationary.

They might even give you a nibble of cheese or a thimble of cheap wine.

Some people prefer to add cheese when the meat is halfway done.

Sometimes he or she likes too much fatty cheese or dairy.

Maple vinaigrette tossed with baby spinach, candied pecans and blue cheese crumbles makes an easy, yet elegant salad.

Your typical vegetarian enchiladas are mostly cheese.

Then sprinkle your cheese and distribute your toppings.

Wine and cheese gatherings after colloquia were common.

Otherwise the moon cheese would have all molded a long time ago.

We want to see your original recipes using fresh cheese from our story.

It's not as if they hook the cells up to a the robot and it makes a beeline for any available cheese.

It's a tepid argument for not thinking about where your cheese came from.

It is also experimenting with holding the price, but reducing the amount of cheese or beef in the burger.

Sprinkle with grated cheese and stew another five minutes.

Kudos to the scientific community for feeding the national media rats another tainted block of cheese.

Toss arugula, chunks of watermelon, and crumbled cotija cheese with a lime juice and olive-oil vinaigrette.

The boring truth is that the vast majority of studies are about as scary as cheese and crackers.

I'd unwrap the blintz and scoop up the cheese filling with my fingers, then dunk my fingers in apple sauce and eat.

It's no wonder that an island boasting nearly three sheep to every person is a destination for cheese connoisseurs.

Hare hid a piece of cheese in one of two tall bowls and pointed to the bowl containing the tempting morsel.

The pure joy of the taste of well cooked baked potato heaped with sour cream, cheese and bacon.

COLLAPSE

Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), cheesed, chees·ing. Slang.

to stop; desist.

Idiom

cheese it,

look out!

run away!

Origin:
1805–15; perhaps alteration of cease

noun Slang.

a person or thing that is important or splendid.

Origin:
1905–10; perhaps < Urdu chīz thing < Persian

Link To cheese

Collins

World English Dictionary

cheese¹ (tʃiːz)

—n
1.	the curd of milk separated from the whey and variously prepared as a food
2.	a mass or complete cake of this substance
3.	any of various substances of similar consistency, etc: lemon cheese
4.	slang big cheese an important person
5.	as alike as chalk and cheese, as different as chalk and cheese See chalk

[Old English cēse, from Latin cāseus cheese; related to Old Saxon kāsi]

cheese² (tʃiːz)

—vb
1.	(tr) to stop; desist
2.	prison slang (intr) to act in a grovelling manner

[C19: of unknown origin]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

cheese

O.E. cyse, from W.Gmc. *kasjus, from L. caseus "cheese," from PIE base *kwat- "to ferment, become sour." Earliest refs. would be to compressed curds of milk used as food; pressed or molded cheeses with rinds are 14c. As a photographer's word to make subjects hold a smile, it is attested from 1930, but

EXPAND

in a reminiscence of schoolboy days, which suggests an earlier use. To make cheeses was a schoolgirls' amusement (1835) of wheeling rapidly so one's petticoats blew out in a circle then dropping down so they came to rest inflated and resembling a wheel of cheese; hence, used figuratively for "a deep curtsey."

COLLAPSE

Slang Dictionary

cheese definition

n.
vomit. : There's cheese on the sidewalk. Look out!
in.
to empty one's stomach; to vomit. : Somebody cheesed on the sidewalk.
in.
to smile, as for a photographer who asks you to say cheese when a picture is taken. : Why are you cheesing? Did something good happen.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source

Easton

Bible Dictionary

Cheese definition

(A.S. cese). This word occurs three times in the Authorized Version as the translation of three different Hebrew words: (1.) 1 Sam. 17:18, "ten cheeses;" i.e., ten sections of curd. (2.) 2 Sam. 17:29, "cheese of kine" = perhaps curdled milk of kine. The Vulgate version reads "fat calves." (3.) Job 10:10, curdled milk is meant by the word.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Cite This Source

American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

cheese

In addition to the idioms beginning with cheese, also see big cheese.