[smeer-keys] 
| any soft cheese suitable for spreading or eating with a spoon, esp. a sour cottage cheese. |
| cottage cheese n. A soft white cheese made of strained and seasoned curds of skim milk. Also called pot cheese; also called regionally Dutch cheese, smearcase. |
| smear·case (smîr'kās') n. Pennsylvania See cottage cheese. See Regional Note at gum band. [Pennsylvania Dutch Schmierkees, from German Schmierkäse, a kind of spreadable cheese : schmieren, to smear (from Middle High German smirwen, from Old High German) + Käse, cheese (from Middle High German kaese, from Old High German kāsi, from Latin cāseus).] |