= junket, n. 2a.

A cream cheese or other dish made from milk or cream (apparently originally one made in a rush basket or served on a rush mat: cf. sense 1); (in…

A soft, rich kind of cheese, made of unskimmed milk enriched by the addition of cream; a cheese of this kind.

An unripened Italian whey cheese with a soft, creamy consistency, typically used in desserts and pasta dishes. Also attributive, as ricotta cheese…

A kind of soft cream cheese. Chiefly in slip-coat cheese.

In German and Jewish cookery: cottage cheese or cream cheese.

Cottage cheese; spec. a type of cottage cheese made with sour milk and buttermilk.

In some parts of the north of Scotland, a peculiar preparation of milk.

(See quot. 1848.)

A soft, lumpy white cheese, usually made from skimmed milk, consisting of unfermented curds which have been only partially drained of whey, and…

A very mild cow's milk cheese with a soft, creamy consistency, originating from the Lombardy region of Italy and often served with fruit and…

A type of soft, unripened cow's milk cheese of German origin, with a low fat content and smooth texture.

A proprietary term for a type of soft white cheese, creamy in texture and with a strong flavour and smell.