queso

Definitions of queso
  1. noun
    a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
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    queso cremoso
    soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream
    cuajada, requesón
    mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
    brie
    soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
    camembert
    rich soft creamy French cheese
    edam
    mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
    queso de cabra
    made from goats' milk
    queso de bola
    mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls
    queso rallado
    hard or semihard cheese grated
    mozzarella
    mild white Italian cheese
    parmesano
    hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated
    requesón
    soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese
    queso suizo
    hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland
    roquefort
    French blue cheese
    gorgonzola
    Italian blue cheese
    queso danés
    blue cheese of Denmark
    emmental, queso emmental
    Swiss cheese with large holes
    gruyere
    Swiss cheese with small holes
    type of:
    lácteo, producto lácteo
    milk and butter and cheese
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