cheese
1the 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 pulpy apple residue 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.
Slang: Vulgar. smegma.
Slang. money: I’m just trying to get my name out there and hopefully earn some cheese.
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.
Informal. (of infants) to spit up partly digested milk curds.
(in a game, especially a video game) to win (a battle round) by using a strategy that requires minimal skill and knowledge or that exploits a glitch or flaw in game design: He cheesed the fight by trapping his enemy in the environment and attacking without taking damage.
Metalworking. to forge (an ingot or billet) into a cheese.
Idioms about cheese
cut the cheese, Slang. to expel gas from the stomach and bowels through the anus; fart.
Origin of cheese
1Other definitions for cheese (2 of 3)
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Slang. the cheese,
a person or thing that is splendid or first-rate.
something that is exactly what is wanted or required.
Origin of cheese
3Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use cheese in a sentence
It is literally a long, seemingly endless, table of cheeses and meat and pies.
How Monty The Penguin Won Christmas: Britain’s Epic, Emotional Commercials | Tim Teeman | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“They came to Wisconsin, they sampled cheeses, they met with cheese industry leaders,” says Pino-Gallagher.
A grilled cheese sandwich, made with four different cheeses, comes with McLane ham (and is grilled in truffle butter).
Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café | Jane & Michael Stern | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSample cheeses from 40 award-winning makers as well as a diverse selection of local wines, craft beers, and spirits.
Some orchards also make cheeses or fiddle around with other types of alcohols or fruits.
On La Route du Cidre: Getting Buzzed on Normandy’s Cider Trail | William O’Connor | September 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Volodi, who takes no delight in Nature, and is only interested in the Swiss cheeses, laughs heartily at me.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThou hast this day gotten gold, eggs, cheeses, and a little blue purse broidered with silver.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche | Anatole FranceThe Brie is famous for its grain and its dairy products, especially cheeses.
There also coming into the river two Dutchmen, we sent a couple of men on board and bought three Hollands cheeses, cost 4d.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysThe cheeses were of the round kind, so often seen for sale at the grocers' stores in Boston and New York.
Rollo in Holland | Jacob Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for cheese (1 of 2)
/ (tʃiːz) /
the curd of milk separated from the whey and variously prepared as a food
a mass or complete cake of this substance
any of various substances of similar consistency, etc: lemon cheese
big cheese slang an important person
as alike as chalk and cheese or as different as chalk and cheese See chalk (def. 6)
Origin of cheese
1British Dictionary definitions for cheese (2 of 2)
/ (tʃiːz) /
(tr) to stop; desist
(intr) prison slang to act in a grovelling manner
Origin of cheese
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with cheese
In addition to the idioms beginning with cheese
- cheesed off
- cheese it
also see:
- big cheese
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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