English > cheese: 4 senses > noun 1, food| Meaning | A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk. |
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| Parts | cheese rind | The rind of a cheese |
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| Narrower | Brie | Soft creamy / creamy white cheese |
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| Camembert | Rich soft creamy French cheese |
| Cheshire cheese | A mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture |
| Edam | mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering |
| Gouda, Gouda cheese | mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls |
| Liederkranz | A soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor |
| Limburger | A soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor |
| Muenster | semisoft pale-yellow cheese |
| Parmesan | Hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese |
| Swiss cheese | Hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland |
| Velveeta | (trademark) soft processed American cheese |
| bleu, blue cheese | cheese containing a blue mold |
| brick cheese | semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form |
| cheddar, cheddar cheese, Armerican cheddar, American cheese | Hard smooth-textured cheese |
| cottage cheese, pot cheese, farm cheese, farmer's cheese | mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk |
| cream cheese | Soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream |
| double Gloucester | A smooth firm mild orange-red cheese |
| goat cheese, chevre | made from goats' milk |
| grated cheese | Hard or semihard cheese grated |
| hand cheese | Any cheese originally molded by hand |
| mozzarella | mild white Italian cheese |
| process cheese, processed cheese | made by blending several lots of cheese |
| quark cheese, quark | Fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet |
| ricotta | Soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese |
| string cheese | cheese formed / formed in long strings twisted together |
| triple cream, triple creme | Fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat |
| Broader | dairy product | milk and butter and cheese |
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| food, solid food | Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid / liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment |
| Substances | curd | coagulated milk |
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| Spanish | queso |
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| Catalan | formatge |
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