cheese

English Thesaurus

1. a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk (noun.food)

hypernym	:	food, solid food,
definition	:	any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment (noun.food)

hypernym	:	dairy product,
definition	:	milk and butter and cheese (noun.food)

hyponym	:	cream cheese,
definition	:	soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream (noun.food)

hyponym	:	triple cream, triple creme,
definition	:	fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat (noun.food)

hyponym	:	cottage cheese, farm cheese, farmer's cheese, pot cheese,
definition	:	mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk (noun.food)

hyponym	:	process cheese, processed cheese,
definition	:	made by blending several lots of cheese (noun.food)

hyponym	:	bleu, blue cheese,
definition	:	cheese containing a blue mold (noun.food)

hyponym	:	brie,
definition	:	soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert (noun.food)

hyponym	:	brick cheese,
definition	:	semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form (noun.food)

hyponym	:	camembert,
definition	:	rich soft creamy French cheese (noun.food)

hyponym	:	american cheese, armerican cheddar, cheddar, cheddar cheese,
definition	:	hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England (noun.food)

hyponym	:	cheshire cheese,
definition	:	a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture (noun.food)

hyponym	:	double gloucester,
definition	:	a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese (noun.food)

hyponym	:	edam,
definition	:	mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering (noun.food)

hyponym	:	chevre, goat cheese,
definition	:	made from goats' milk (noun.food)

hyponym	:	gouda, gouda cheese,
definition	:	mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls (noun.food)

hyponym	:	grated cheese,
definition	:	hard or semihard cheese grated (noun.food)

hyponym	:	hand cheese,
definition	:	any cheese originally molded by hand (noun.food)

hyponym	:	liederkranz,
definition	:	a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor (noun.food)

hyponym	:	limburger,
definition	:	a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor (noun.food)

hyponym	:	mozzarella,
definition	:	mild white Italian cheese (noun.food)

hyponym	:	muenster,
definition	:	semisoft pale-yellow cheese (noun.food)

hyponym	:	parmesan,
definition	:	hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated (noun.food)

hyponym	:	quark, quark cheese,
definition	:	fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet (noun.food)

hyponym	:	ricotta,
definition	:	soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese (noun.food)

hyponym	:	string cheese,
definition	:	cheese formed in long strings twisted together (noun.food)

hyponym	:	swiss cheese,
definition	:	hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland (noun.food)

hyponym	:	velveeta,
definition	:	trademark: soft processed American cheese (noun.food)

part holonym	:	cheese rind,
definition	:	the rind of a cheese (noun.food)

substance holonym	:	curd,
definition	:	coagulated milk; used to make cheese (noun.food)

2. erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	mallow,
definition	:	any of various plants of the family Malvaceae (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus malva, malva,
definition	:	herbs and subshrubs: mallows (noun.plant)

3. wind onto a cheese (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	spool,
definition	:	wind onto a spool or a reel (verb.contact)

4. used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop,
definition	:	put an end to a state or an activity (verb.stative)