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cheese·cloth 
Audio Help [cheez-klawth, -kloth] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [cheez-klawth, -kloth] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a lightweight cotton fabric of open texture. |
Also called, especially British, butter muslin.
[Origin: 1650–60; so called because first used to wrap cheese]
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| cheese·cloth
Audio Help (chēz'klôth', -klŏth') Pronunciation Key
n. A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| cheesecloth | |
noun | |
| a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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