Cheese

Definition of Cheese

Pronunciation: chēz

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.

Cheese cake
a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter.

Cheese fly
(Zool.) a black dipterous insect (Piophila casei) of which the larvæ or maggots, called skippers or hoppers, live in cheese. - Prior

Cheese mite
(Zool.) a minute mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other articles of food.

Cheese press
a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold.

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.

Related Words

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