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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cheese

1	n	a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
2	v	used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
3	n	erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
4	v	wind onto a cheese

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cheese

n a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

Types:: show 37 types...; hide 37 types...; cream cheese
soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream; triple cream, triple creme
fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat; cottage cheese, farm cheese, farmer's cheese, pot cheese
mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk; process cheese, processed cheese
made by blending several lots of cheese; bleu, blue cheese
cheese containing a blue mold; Brie
soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert; brick cheese
semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form; Camembert
rich soft creamy French cheese; American cheese, Armerican cheddar, cheddar, cheddar cheese
hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England; Cheshire cheese
a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture; double Gloucester
a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese; Edam
mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering; chevre, goat cheese
made from goats' milk; Gouda, Gouda cheese
mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls; grated cheese
hard or semihard cheese grated; hand cheese
any cheese originally molded by hand; Liederkranz
a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor; Limburger
a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor; mozzarella
mild white Italian cheese; Muenster
semisoft pale-yellow cheese; Parmesan
hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated; quark, quark cheese
fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet; ricotta
soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese; string cheese
cheese formed in long strings twisted together; Swiss cheese
hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland; Velveeta
trademark: soft processed American cheese; double cream
fresh soft French cheese containing at least 60% fat; mascarpone
soft mild Italian cream cheese; Stilton
English blue cheese; Roquefort
French blue cheese; gorgonzola
Italian blue cheese; Danish blue
blue cheese of Denmark; Bavarian blue
blue cheese of Bavaria; rat cheese, store cheese
informal names for American cheddar; Emmental, Emmentaler, Emmenthal, Emmenthaler
Swiss cheese with large holes; Gruyere
Swiss cheese with small holes; sapsago
a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover

Type of:: food, solid food
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; dairy product
milk and butter and cheese

v used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)

“Cheese it!”

Type of:: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
put an end to a state or an activity

n erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

Synonyms:: Malva sylvestris, cheeseflower, high mallow, tall mallow

Type of:: mallow
any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

v wind onto a cheese

“cheese the yarn”

Type of:: spool
wind onto a spool or a reel

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