cheese

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A solid food made from milk, often yellow or white.

   I'd like a cheese sandwich, please.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that is overly emotional or too obviously sentimental.

   The film's ending was pure cheese, but I still enjoyed it.

Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese From Middle English chese, from Anglian Old English ċīese, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus. Doublet of queso. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Síes (“cheese”), West Frisian tsiis (“cheese”), Dutch kaas (“cheese”), German Low German Kees (“cheese”), German Käse (“cheese”).

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