pimento cheese

noun

: a Neufchâtel, process, cream, or occasionally cheddar cheese to which ground pimientos have been added

Examples of pimento cheese in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At any time of year eating Kentuckians’ favorite foods is easy but requisite during Derby Week, not least pimento cheese and country ham and biscuits, which will be found at every party, with puffy split buttermilk biscuits with a thin slice of rosy, salty, thinly sliced country ham on the table. —John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

Food and drink prices are happily stuck in the 1970s — $1.50 for a pimento cheese sandwich — a charming holdover from yesteryear. —Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025

Some pimento cheeses are a little more savory, some a little more sweet or spicy. —Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 May 2025

And that’s really just the beginning—egg salad, grape salad, pasta salad, and pimento cheese are all along for the ride too. —Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pimento cheese

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