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Colby cheese

Colby cheese noun: a mild American cheese similar to cheddar.

Noun

Colby cheese (countable and uncountable, plural Colby cheeses)

  1. A mild American cheese similar to cheddar.

Forms of Colby cheese

pluralColby cheeses

Origin of Colby cheese

Named after the town of Colby, Wisconsin, in the United States, where it originated.

Words formed from Colby cheese

Questions about Colby cheese

What does Colby cheese mean?
Colby cheese means a mild American cheese similar to cheddar.
What part of speech is Colby cheese?
Colby cheese is a noun.
What is the plural of Colby cheese?
The plural of Colby cheese is Colby cheeses.

Words near Colby cheese in the dictionary

  1. Colbrook
  2. Colburn
  3. Colburns
  4. Colbury
  5. Colby
  6. Colby cheese
  7. Colby cheeses
  8. Colby-Jack
  9. Colbys
  10. colcannon
  11. Colceag

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