Associations to the word «Cheese»

Wiktionary

CHEESE, noun. (uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
CHEESE, noun. (countable) Any particular variety of cheese.
CHEESE, noun. (countable) A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
CHEESE, noun. (uncountable) (colloquial) That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.
CHEESE, noun. (uncountable) (slang) Money.
CHEESE, noun. (countable) (UK) In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.
CHEESE, noun. (uncountable) (slang) (baseball) A fastball.
CHEESE, noun. (uncountable) (slang) A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted.
CHEESE, noun. (vulgar) (slang) Smegma.
CHEESE, noun. (technology) Holed pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
CHEESE, noun. A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the shape of a cheese.
CHEESE, noun. The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
CHEESE, noun. A low curtsey; so called on account of the cheese shape assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
CHEESE, verb. To prepare curds for making cheese.
CHEESE, verb. (technology) To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
CHEESE, verb. (slang) To smile excessively, as for a camera.
CHEESE, interjection. (photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.
CHEESE, noun. (slang) Wealth, fame, excellence, importance.
CHEESE, verb. (slang) To stop; to refrain from.
CHEESE, verb. (slang) To anger or irritate someone, usually in combination with "off".
CHEESE, verb. (gaming) (slang) To use an unsporting tactic; to repeatedly use an attack which is overpowered or difficult to counter
CHEESE, verb. (gaming) To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games)
CHEESE AND RICE, interjection. Euphemism or minced oath for Jesus Christ
CHEESE BOX, noun. A device formerly used by phreakers to convert a home telephone line into a payphone.
CHEESE CRISP, noun. A snack made by putting cheese on a tortilla and baking.
CHEESE CRISPS, noun. Plural of cheese crisp
CHEESE CURL, noun. A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.
CHEESE CURLS, noun. Plural of cheese curl
CHEESE DOG, noun. (US) A hot dog spread with processed cheese
CHEESE DOGS, noun. Plural of cheese dog
CHEESE DOODLE, noun. A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.
CHEESE DOODLES, noun. Plural of cheese doodle
CHEESE DOWN, verb. (nautical) to coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance
CHEESE DREAM, noun. An open-faced grilled cheese sandwich.
CHEESE DREAMS, noun. Plural of cheese dream
CHEESE FLY, noun. Piophila casei, a small fly whose larvae infest cheese and other foods.
CHEESE GRATER, noun. A kitchen implement used for grating food products (such as cheese and carrots).
CHEESE GRATERS, noun. Plural of cheese grater
CHEESE MITE, noun. Any of several species of mite that thrive on the surface of cheese and feed on it. They are used on purpose in production of some types of cheese to give the cheese a distinct flavor.
CHEESE MITES, noun. Plural of cheese mite
CHEESE OFF, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To annoy.
CHEESE ON TOAST, noun. A snack made by placing cheese on a slice of bread or toast and melting the cheese under a grill.
CHEESE PAPER, noun. A waxed paper used to wrap cheese to keep it fresh.
CHEESE PUFF, noun. A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.
CHEESE PUFFS, noun. Plural of cheese puff
CHEESE ROLLING, noun. An ancient British sport in which competitors race downhill after a rolling round of cheese.
CHEESE SKIPPER, noun. The larva of the cheese fly.
CHEESE SLAW, noun. A salad made of grated cheese, grated carrot and a mayonnaise dressing.
CHEESE SLICER, noun. A kitchen instrument used for slicing cheese.
CHEESE SLICERS, noun. Plural of cheese slicer
CHEESE SPREAD, noun. Any spreadable food product made from cheese.
CHEESE STRAW, noun. A long, thin cheese-flavoured pastry.
CHEESE STRAWS, noun. Plural of cheese straw
CHEESE SYNDROME, noun. (medicine) (informal) A hypertensive crisis caused by the ingestion of foods high in tyramine (such as some cheeses) while the monoamine metabolism is compromised by the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors.
CHEESE WIRE, noun. A wire which is sufficiently strong, yet fine enough to cut through cheese easily. Normally with either a wooden handle at each end, or fixed to a board at one end, with a wooden handle at the other.
CHEESE WITH THAT WHINE, noun. (humorous) Offered to somebody who is perceived to be complaining too much.

Dictionary definition

CHEESE, noun. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk.
CHEESE, noun. Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States.
CHEESE, verb. Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!".
CHEESE, verb. Wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn".

Wise words

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Mark Twain