cheese
A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
Noun 4 meanings
A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
Any particular variety of cheese.
A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
A thick variety of jam (fruit preserve), as distinguished from a thinner variety (sometimes called jelly)
Verb 3 meanings
To prepare curds for making cheese.
To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
To use a controversial or unsporting tactic to gain an advantage (especially in a game.)
“You can cheese most of the game using certain exploits.”
Interjection 1 meaning
Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.
“Say "cheese"! ... and there we are!”
Etymology
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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CHEESE at a glance
CHEESE has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + E 1 + E 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,560 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cheese
All rhymes- THESE8
- CHINESE12
- OBESE7
- DIOCESE10
- GEESE6
- MANGANESE12
- ARCHDIOCESE19
- SIAMESE9
- BOLOGNESE12
- CALABRESE13
- MARCHESE15
- LEGALESE9
One letter away
- CHEESY14
- CREESE8
- PHEESE11
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