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cottage cheese

cottage cheese noun: a cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.

cottage cheese: a cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains
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Noun

cottage cheese (countable and uncountable, plural cottage cheeses)

  1. A cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.
    • Near-synonyms: quark, mató, ricotta, tvorog

cottage cheese meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Malay and Persian

cottage cheese in Tagalog

cheese curd product
kesong puti

cottage cheese in Arabic

cheese curd product
جُبْن قَرِيش jubn qarīš

cottage cheese in Malay

cheese curd product
keju kotej

cottage cheese in Persian

cheese curd product
ترف tarf, لور lur, پَنیر کُلبه panir kolbe
More languagesFewer languages
cottage cheese in Vietnamese
phô mai tươi

Synonyms of cottage cheese

All synonyms of cottage cheese

Forms of cottage cheese

pluralcottage cheeses

Origin of cottage cheese

First known use is from 1831 in the periodical Godey's Lady's Book. Believed to have originated because the simple cheese was usually produced in cottages from any left-over milk after making butter.

Words formed from cottage cheese

Questions about cottage cheese

What does cottage cheese mean?
Cottage cheese means a cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.
What is cottage cheese in Tagalog?
Cottage cheese in Tagalog is kesong puti. See Cottage cheese meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is cottage cheese?
Cottage cheese is a noun.
What is the plural of cottage cheese?
The plural of cottage cheese is cottage cheeses.

Words near cottage cheese in the dictionary

  1. cott
  2. cotta
  3. cottabus
  4. cottage
  5. cottage bacon
  6. cottage cheese
  7. cottage cheese arse
  8. cottage cheese arses
  9. cottage cheese ass
  10. cottage cheese asses
  11. cottage cheeses

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