cheese

1. n. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold. Source: opted

2. n. A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese. Source: opted

3. n. The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia). Source: opted

4. n. A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. Source: opted

5. n. a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk Source: wordnet

6. n. erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States Source: wordnet

7. v. used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) Source: wordnet

8. v. wind onto a cheese Source: wordnet

9. 1. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold. 2. A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed togehter in the form of a cheese. 3. The flat, circuliar, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia). [Colloq.] 4. A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. De Quincey. Thackeray. Cheese cake, a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. Prior. -- Cheese fly (Zoöl.), a black dipterous insect (Piophila casei) of which the larvæ or maggots, called ckippers or hoppers, live in cheese. -- Cheese mite (Zoöl.), a minute mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other articles of food. -- Cheese press, a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold. -- Cheese rennet (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family (Golium verum, or yellow bedstraw), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. -- Cheese vat, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making. Source: webster

10. n:100 n. a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk v. used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) v. wind onto a cheese Source: ecdict

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