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Added 9 October 2026

cheese

/t͡ʃiːz/ noun

In Latin: caseus, fōrmāticum, fōrmāgium Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cheese at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk.
Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States.

verb

Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it).
Cheese it!
Wind onto a cheese.
cheese the yarn

Origin

From Middle English chese, from Anglian Old English ċēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus. Doublet of queso. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Síes (“cheese”), West Frisian tsiis (“cheese”), Dutch kaas (“cheese”), German Low German Kees (“cheese”), German Käse (“cheese”).

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