blue cheese
noun
variants
or less commonly bleu cheese
: a cheese marked with veins of greenish-blue mold
Where does the blue in blue cheese come from? Mold. But it's harmless mold, so enjoy!—
The Chicago Tribune
The Chicago TribuneThe beef was a perfect medium-rare, and the sauce was robust, ideal for the meat with just the right touch of bleu cheese.—Scott J. Haring
Scott J. HaringExamples of blue cheese in a Sentence
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Local pears complement blue cheese and caramelized onions, and cherries sing alongside chorizo sausage and goat cheese.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
These are not wines to be wasted on tarte Tatin or crêpes Suzette; indeed, the classic match for Sauternes is a blue cheese like Roquefort, which is quite salty and marries voluptuously with the wine’s intense sweetness.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
On a recent weekend, a Buffalo chicken sandwich with blue cheese proved to be a good lunch pick, with a thick fillet and plenty of crumbles to offset the Buffalo spice.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2025
Inspectors found various potentially hazardous foods, including blue cheese, Caesar dressing, fish, chicken and eggs, outside of safe temperatures.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
These are not wines to be wasted on tarte Tatin or crêpes Suzette; indeed, the classic match for Sauternes is a blue cheese like Roquefort, which is quite salty and marries voluptuously with the wine’s intense sweetness.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
On a recent weekend, a Buffalo chicken sandwich with blue cheese proved to be a good lunch pick, with a thick fillet and plenty of crumbles to offset the Buffalo spice.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2025
Inspectors found various potentially hazardous foods, including blue cheese, Caesar dressing, fish, chicken and eggs, outside of safe temperatures.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blue cheese
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“Blue cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20cheese. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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