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cheesemite

cheesemite is the alternative form of cheese mite.

Meaning of cheese mite

Noun

cheese mite (plural cheese mites)

  1. Any of several species of mite that thrive on the surface of cheese and feed on it. They are used on purpose in producing certain cheeses to give a distinct flavor.

Forms of cheesemite

pluralcheesemites

Questions about cheesemite

What is cheesemite the alternative form of?
Cheesemite is the alternative form of cheese mite.

Words near cheesemite in the dictionary

  1. cheesemaking
  2. cheeseman
  3. cheesemeister
  4. cheesemeisters
  5. cheesemen
  6. cheesemite
  7. cheesemites
  8. cheesemonger
  9. cheesemongeress
  10. cheesemongeresses
  11. cheesemongeries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheesemite (page history and authors); cheese mite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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