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Meaning of 'cheese' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cheese [ n.]
- The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.
- A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese.
- The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
- A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.

Meaning of 'cheese' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cheese [ v]
Meaning (1):
- used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
Example in sentence:
  • Cheese it!
Meaning (2):
- wind onto a cheese
Example in sentence:
  • cheese the yarn

Nearby Words:

cheap cheap-jack cheap-john cheapen cheapened cheapener cheapening cheaply cheapness chear

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