often attributive
1
a
: a food consisting of the coagulated, compressed, and usually ripened curd of milk separated from the whey
b
: an often cylindrical cake of this food
2
: something resembling cheese in shape or consistency
3
: something cheap or shabby : cheesy material
cinematic cheese
slang
: someone important
Synonyms
Examples of cheese in a Sentence
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Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
The tavern offers craft cocktails, local wines, craft beers and a small menu of comforting bites, including a Buffalo Bleu take on mac and cheese.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
The flavors and frying forms are endlessly versatile and offer a great excuse to load up on cheese, sour cream or ketchup.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Charcuterie boards are available all day, and of course, cheese is the star in many of the dishes.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Served with arugula, feta cheese, and red onions, their strong flavors are the best complement for subtle, juicy melons.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
Bolo Burger: smoked bologna, crispy onion strings, American cheese, mustard, and mayo.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
For pre-dinner hors d'oeuvres, try the cheese and charcuterie board with one of the many specialty cocktails or craft beers.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
Place the pan on the middle oven rack and your cheese will melt just fine.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
Should cheese straws be refrigerated? Cheese straws do not need to be refrigerated.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
Lee still embodies that bubbly exuberance that the world first got a glimpse of after her win in Tokyo, cheesing for the camera in her white Team USA fit and gold medal while eating pizza.
—Christine Yu, SELF, 4 Oct. 2023
Throughout her account, Desiree's sweet baby girl can be seen practicing her favorite word — hi — and cheesing it up for the camera.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
Light stretched out on the pavement ahead of her and Table pulled up cheesing.
—Hazlitt, 14 June 2023
For her second post, Hudson uploaded quite a few sweet moments from the graduation festivities — including one of Otunga cheesing for the camera, and a few images with Hudson, too.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 3 June 2023
The actor continued cheesing in the other shots, while his children pulled some adorable silly faces.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
But business is going quite well these days, and Marchant is planning on transitioning from pathogen cultures to cheese cultures full-time within the next year.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2021
Noun
That cheese is too dry and crumbly to make a spreadable pimiento cheese.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
The tavern offers craft cocktails, local wines, craft beers and a small menu of comforting bites, including a Buffalo Bleu take on mac and cheese.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
The flavors and frying forms are endlessly versatile and offer a great excuse to load up on cheese, sour cream or ketchup.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Charcuterie boards are available all day, and of course, cheese is the star in many of the dishes.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Served with arugula, feta cheese, and red onions, their strong flavors are the best complement for subtle, juicy melons.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
Bolo Burger: smoked bologna, crispy onion strings, American cheese, mustard, and mayo.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
For pre-dinner hors d'oeuvres, try the cheese and charcuterie board with one of the many specialty cocktails or craft beers.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
Place the pan on the middle oven rack and your cheese will melt just fine.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Verb
Taking a variety of vintage photographs of strangers from the past, such as an actress’ headshots, a couple happily cheesing for the camera at a cocktail bar, postcards of horsemen and cutouts from old magazines, Wong uses acrylic markers to add bold color and liveliness.
—Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
Should cheese straws be refrigerated? Cheese straws do not need to be refrigerated.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
Lee still embodies that bubbly exuberance that the world first got a glimpse of after her win in Tokyo, cheesing for the camera in her white Team USA fit and gold medal while eating pizza.
—Christine Yu, SELF, 4 Oct. 2023
Throughout her account, Desiree's sweet baby girl can be seen practicing her favorite word — hi — and cheesing it up for the camera.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
Light stretched out on the pavement ahead of her and Table pulled up cheesing.
—Hazlitt, 14 June 2023
For her second post, Hudson uploaded quite a few sweet moments from the graduation festivities — including one of Otunga cheesing for the camera, and a few images with Hudson, too.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 3 June 2023
The actor continued cheesing in the other shots, while his children pulled some adorable silly faces.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
But business is going quite well these days, and Marchant is planning on transitioning from pathogen cultures to cheese cultures full-time within the next year.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2021
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