blue cheese
noun
ˈblü-ˈchēz 
variants or less commonly bleu cheese
ˈblü-ˈchēz
: 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. Haring
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Chocolate and blue cheese share upward of 70+ flavor compounds, and the two basically become one as the fatty acids from the cheese cut through the bitterness of the dark chocolate while enhancing its deep vanilla undertones. Kristy Alpert, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2022 Get those celery sticks and sides of blue cheese dressing ready, because Cincinnati Wing Week is upon us. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2022 Sprinkle the blue cheese over the tomatoes and avocado. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 July 2022 The salad packs the sweetness of pears poached in wine with the licorice profile of fennel and the bite of blue cheese. Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2022 And then one, just one, piece of blue cheese on top. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 7 July 2022 On Tuesday, the Barefoot Contessa star, 74, shared an easy dinner recipe that doesn't require turning on the stove: her heirloom tomato and blue cheese salad. Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2022 Sprinkle with walnuts , remaining blue cheese and extra basil. Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2022 Combine crunchy chopped romaine and cucumbers, juicy cherry tomatoes, crisped bacon, hard-cooked (or jammy) eggs, avocado, crumbled blue cheese and scallions. New York Times, 20 July 2022 See More
Kristy Alpert, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2022 Get those celery sticks and sides of blue cheese dressing ready, because Cincinnati Wing Week is upon us. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2022 Sprinkle the blue cheese over the tomatoes and avocado. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 July 2022 The salad packs the sweetness of pears poached in wine with the licorice profile of fennel and the bite of blue cheese. Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2022 And then one, just one, piece of blue cheese on top. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 7 July 2022 On Tuesday, the Barefoot Contessa star, 74, shared an easy dinner recipe that doesn't require turning on the stove: her heirloom tomato and blue cheese salad. Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2022 Sprinkle with walnuts , remaining blue cheese and extra basil. Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2022 Combine crunchy chopped romaine and cucumbers, juicy cherry tomatoes, crisped bacon, hard-cooked (or jammy) eggs, avocado, crumbled blue cheese and scallions. New York Times, 20 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1787, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
blue cheese
noun
: cheese ripened by and full of greenish blue mold