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mozzarella

[ mot-suh-rel-luh, moht- ]

noun

  1. a mild, white, semisoft Italian cheese.


mozzarella

/ ˌmɒtsəˈrɛlə /

noun

  1. a moist white Italian curd cheese made originally from buffalo milk


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mozzarella1

1910–15; < Italian, equivalent to mozza a kind of cheese (literally, a cut; compare mozzare to cut off ) + -rella -rel

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mozzarella1

from Italian, diminutive of mozza a type of cheese, from mozzare to cut off

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Example Sentences

I settled on the combo of onion rings, mozzarella sticks and breaded mushrooms to start.

At the end of 2019, the company was working with a co-producer to scale up its mozzarella recipe, and continuing to focus on close relationships with restaurants instead of building its name on its own.

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We’re approaching a future where a late-night Domino’s order could come complete with cashew-based mozzarella.

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In 1988, she opened Now & Zen, a San Francisco restaurant where she served what she calls “very rudimentary cheeses,” like the mozzarella she melted on top of seitan parmigiana.

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There’s nothing there but a couple of churches, a mozzarella cheese factory — that’s actually pretty new — and baseball.

The ban includes certain brands of buffalo mozzarella, olive oil and wine produced on the toxic land.

No discerning Italian is going to buy Piemonte mozzarella or tome from Lazio.

Mozzarella, ricotta and burrata all come from the south of Italy; feta is from Greece.

ELLIOT: Tomatoes, basil, mozzarella, olive oil, sea salt—enough said.

Cut into them and find a hidden treat of melty, oozy mozzarella.

Cheese and butter combined in a small brick of butter with a covering of Mozzarella.

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