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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The meal starts with a garden salad including spinach, apples from Apple Hill, Point Reyes blue cheese, cranberries, pecans and a shallot vinaigrette.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Orange cheeses, blue cheeses, green cheeses.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
There are also a variety of optional sauce options, including everything from creamy blue cheese and buffalo to pineapple habanero and red pepper jelly.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
Eight varieties are offered, from a classic California to the Blue Ox, topped with pickled red onions, blue cheese and horseradish mayo.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Orange cheeses, blue cheeses, green cheeses.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
There are also a variety of optional sauce options, including everything from creamy blue cheese and buffalo to pineapple habanero and red pepper jelly.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
Eight varieties are offered, from a classic California to the Blue Ox, topped with pickled red onions, blue cheese and horseradish mayo.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 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 26 Nov. 2025.
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