cheese

¹cheese

noun, often attributive \ˈchēz\

Definition of CHEESE

1

a : a food consisting of the coagulated, compressed, and usually ripened curd of milk separated from the whey b : an often cylindrical cake of this food

2

: something resembling cheese in shape or consistency

3

: something cheap or shabby : cheesy material <cinematic cheese>

Origin of CHEESE

Middle English chese, from Old English cēse, from Latin caseus cheese

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with CHEESE

breeze, ease, feeze, freeze, frieze, jeez, lees, please, res, seize, sneeze, squeeze, tease, tweeze, wheeze