cheese

noun

/tʃiːz/

Idioms

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[uncountable, countable] a type of food made from milk that can be either soft or hard and is usually white or yellow in colour; a particular type of this food
- Cheddar cheese
- (British English) goat’s cheese (= made from the milk of a goat)
- a cheese sandwich
- a piece/slice/block of cheese
- I had cheese on toast (= toasted bread covered in melted cheese) for lunch.
- a selection of French cheeses
- a cheese knife (= a knife with a special curved blade with two points on the end, used for cutting and picking up pieces of cheese)
- a snack of bread and cheese
- a wedge/hunk/chunk of cheese
- a cheese sauce/salad
see also American cheese, blue cheese, cauliflower cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese, curd cheese, feta cheese, goat cheese, Jack cheese, macaroni cheese, pot cheese, string cheese, Swiss cheese
Extra Examples
- Cut the cheese into cubes.
- Sprinkle the cheese over the beans.
- Sprinkle the potatoes with grated cheese and grill for a few minutes.
Topics Fooda1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hard
- soft
- sharp
- …
… of cheese
- chunk
- hunk
- lump
- …
verb + cheese
- make
- cut
- grate
- …
cheese + noun
- fondue
- omelette
- roll
- …
phrases
- bread and cheese
- cheese and biscuits
- cheese and crackers
- …
See full entry
cheese!
what you ask somebody to say before you take their photograph

Word OriginOld English cēse, cȳse, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaas and German Käse; from Latin caseus.

Idioms

a big cheese

(informal, humorous) an important and powerful person, especially in an organization

chalk and cheese

(British English) if two people or things are like chalk and cheese or as different as chalk and cheese, they are completely different from each other
- Frank and I will never get along. We’re chalk and cheese.
More Like This Alliteration in idioms
Alliteration in idioms
- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane

hard cheese

(British English, informal) used as a way of saying that you are sorry about something, usually ironically (= you really mean the opposite)

单词	cheese
释义	cheese noun /tʃiːz/ /tʃiːz/ Idioms jump to other results [uncountable, countable] a type of food made from milk that can be either soft or hard and is usually white or yellow in colour; a particular type of this food Cheddar cheese (British English) goat’s cheese (= made from the milk of a goat) a cheese sandwich a piece/slice/block of cheese I had cheese on toast (= toasted bread covered in melted cheese) for lunch. a selection of French cheeses a cheese knife (= a knife with a special curved blade with two points on the end, used for cutting and picking up pieces of cheese) a snack of bread and cheese a wedge/hunk/chunk of cheese a cheese sauce/salad see also American cheese, blue cheese, cauliflower cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese, curd cheese, feta cheese, goat cheese, Jack cheese, macaroni cheese, pot cheese, string cheese, Swiss cheese Extra Examples Cut the cheese into cubes. Sprinkle the cheese over the beans. Sprinkle the potatoes with grated cheese and grill for a few minutes. Topics Fooda1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective hard soft sharp … … of cheese chunk hunk lump … verb + cheese make cut grate … cheese + noun fondue omelette roll … phrases bread and cheese cheese and biscuits cheese and crackers … See full entry cheese! what you ask somebody to say before you take their photograph Word OriginOld English cēse, cȳse, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaas and German Käse; from Latin caseus. Idioms a big cheese (informal, humorous) an important and powerful person, especially in an organization chalk and cheese (British English) if two people or things are like chalk and cheese or as different as chalk and cheese, they are completely different from each other Frank and I will never get along. We’re chalk and cheese. More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms belt and braces black and blue born and bred chalk and cheese chop and change done and dusted down and dirty in dribs and drabs eat somebody out of house and home facts and figures fast and furious first and foremost forgive and forget hale and hearty hem and haw kith and kin mix and match part and parcel puff and pant to rack and ruin rant and rave risk life and limb short and sweet signed and sealed spic and span through thick and thin this and that top and tail tried and tested wax and wane hard cheese (British English, informal) used as a way of saying that you are sorry about something, usually ironically (= you really mean the opposite)
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