cheese : Idioms & Phrases


american cheese

  • noun hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
    Armerican cheddar; cheddar; American cheese.
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big cheese

  • noun an important influential person
    big gun; big fish; big shot; big wheel; head honcho; big deal; big enchilada.
    • he thinks he's a big shot
    • she's a big deal in local politics
    • the Qaeda commander is a very big fish
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bleu cheese dressing

  • noun creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
    bleu cheese dressing.
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blue cheese

  • noun cheese containing a blue mold
    bleu.
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blue cheese dressing

  • noun vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese
    Roquefort dressing.
  • noun creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
    bleu cheese dressing.
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brick cheese

  • noun semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form
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cheddar cheese

  • noun hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
    Armerican cheddar; cheddar; American cheese.
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Cheese cake

  • a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. Prior.
Webster 1913

cheese cutter

  • noun a kitchen utensil (board or handle) with a wire for cutting cheese
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cheese dip

  • noun a dip made of cheeses
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Cheese fly

  • (Zoöl.), a black dipterous insect (Piophila casei) of which the larvæ or maggots, called ckippers or hoppers, live in cheese.
Webster 1913

cheese fondue

  • noun fondue made of cheese melted in wine for dipping bread and sometimes fruits
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Cheese mite

  • (Zoöl.), a minute mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other articles of food.
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cheese pizza

  • noun pizza with lots of cheese
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Cheese press

  • noun a press for shaping cheese curd
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  • a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold.
Webster 1913

Cheese rennet

  • (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family (Golium verum, or yellow bedstraw), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. Cheese vat, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making.
Webster 1913

cheese rind

  • noun the rind of a cheese
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cheese sauce

  • noun white sauce with grated cheese
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cheese souffle

  • noun puffy dish of cheese and eggs (whites beaten separately) and white sauce
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cheese spread

  • noun spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings
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cheese tray

  • noun tray on which cheeses are served
    cheeseboard.
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cheesed off

  • adjective satellite greatly annoyed; out of patience
    browned off; exasperated.
    • had an exasperated look on his face
    • felt exasperated beyond endurance
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cheshire cheese

  • noun a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture
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Cottage cheese

  • noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
    farm cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
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  • the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.
Webster 1913

Cream cheese

  • noun soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream
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  • a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added.
Webster 1913

Dutch cheese

  • a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk.
Webster 1913

farm cheese

  • noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
    farm cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
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farmer's cheese

  • noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
    farm cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
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Frog cheese

  • a popular name for a large puffball.
Webster 1913

goat cheese

  • noun made from goats' milk
    chevre.
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gouda cheese

  • noun mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls
    Gouda.
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grated cheese

  • noun hard or semihard cheese grated
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gruyere cheese

Gru"yère` cheese (Also<
  • Gruyere cheese
  • Gruyère cheese
)
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  1. '' (). A kind of cheese made at Gruyère, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkäse.
Webster 1913

hand cheese

  • noun any cheese originally molded by hand
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hard cheese

  • noun bad luck
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head-cheese

Head"-cheese noun
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  1. A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.
Webster 1913

lemon cheese

  • noun a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar
    lemon curd.
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macaroni and cheese

  • noun macaroni prepared in a cheese sauce
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Parmesan cheese

  • a kind of cheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma, Italy.
Webster 1913

Pot cheese

  • noun mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
    farm cheese; farmer's cheese; cottage cheese.
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  • cottage cheese. See under Cottage.
Webster 1913

process cheese

  • noun made by blending several lots of cheese
    process cheese.
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processed cheese

  • noun made by blending several lots of cheese
    process cheese.
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quark cheese

  • noun fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
    quark.
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rat cheese

  • noun informal names for American cheddar
    rat cheese.
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Sage cheese

  • cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spanish and other plants which are added to the milk.
Webster 1913

slipcoat cheese

Slip"coat` cheese"
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  1. A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white. Halliwell.
Webster 1913

store cheese

  • noun informal names for American cheddar
    rat cheese.
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string cheese

  • noun cheese formed in long strings twisted together
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swiss cheese

  • noun hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland
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