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cheese rolling

cheese rolling noun: an ancient British sport in which competitors race downhill after a rolling round of cheese.

Noun

cheese rolling (uncountable)

  1. An ancient British sport in which competitors race downhill after a rolling round of cheese.
    • This is where the famous cheese rolling takes place.1998, Roy Woodcock, A Year of Walks in the Cotswolds
    • Each year thousands of spectators gather to watch the ancient sport of cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill...2003, Colin Michael Hall, et al: Food Tourism Around the World

Questions about cheese rolling

What does cheese rolling mean?
Cheese rolling means an ancient British sport in which competitors race downhill after a rolling round of cheese.
What part of speech is cheese rolling?
Cheese rolling is a noun.

Words near cheese rolling in the dictionary

  1. cheese pulls
  2. cheese rennet
  3. cheese roll
  4. cheese roller
  5. cheese rollers
  6. cheese rolling
  7. cheese rolls
  8. cheese sauce
  9. cheese sauces
  10. cheese scoop
  11. cheese scoops

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