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cheesevat

cheesevat noun: a vat in which cheese is made.

Noun

cheesevat (plural cheesevats)

  1. A vat in which cheese is made.
    • The cheesevats, butter, and cheese in Charles's inventory (not itemised in Isabel's) indicate that Isabel makes her own.2005, Patricia Crawford, Women's Worlds in Seventeenth-Century England: A Sourcebook

Forms of cheesevat

pluralcheesevats

Origin of cheesevat

From cheese + vat.

Questions about cheesevat

What does cheesevat mean?
Cheesevat means a vat in which cheese is made.
What part of speech is cheesevat?
Cheesevat is a noun.
What is the plural of cheesevat?
The plural of cheesevat is cheesevats.

Words near cheesevat in the dictionary

  1. cheeses out
  2. cheeses up
  3. cheesesteak
  4. cheesesteaks
  5. cheesetastic
  6. cheesevat
  7. cheesevats
  8. cheeseware
  9. cheeseweed
  10. cheeseweeds
  11. cheesewich

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