Noun
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a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
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dairy product milk and butter and cheese
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solid food,
food any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
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curd coagulated milk; used to make cheese; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"
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cheese rind the rind of a cheese
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cream cheese soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream
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triple cream,
triple creme fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat
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cottage cheese,
farm cheese,
farmer's cheese,
pot cheese mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
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process cheese,
processed cheese made by blending several lots of cheese
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bleu,
blue cheese cheese containing a blue mold
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brie soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
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brick cheese semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form
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camembert rich soft creamy French cheese
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american cheese,
armerican cheddar,
cheddar cheese,
cheddar hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
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cheshire cheese a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture
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double gloucester a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese
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edam mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
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chevre,
goat cheese made from goats' milk
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gouda,
gouda cheese mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls
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grated cheese hard or semihard cheese grated
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hand cheese any cheese originally molded by hand
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liederkranz a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor
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limburger a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor
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mozzarella mild white Italian cheese
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muenster semisoft pale-yellow cheese
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parmesan hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated
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quark cheese,
quark fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
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ricotta soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese
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string cheese cheese formed in long strings twisted together
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swiss cheese hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland
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erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
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tall mallow,
high mallow,
cheeseflower,
Malva sylvestris |
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mallow any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
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Verb
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wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn"
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spool wind onto a spool or a reel
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used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!"
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cease,
lay off,
discontinue,
quit,
stop,
give up put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
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