/tʃiːz/
Translation
A yellow or white food made from milk that people eat and cook with.
Word origin
From Old English cyse, taken from the Latin word caseus for cheese.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- cyse
Grammar
Examples
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"Cheese" is a food made from milk.
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"Cheeses" is the plural, meaning many types of cheese.
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Here "cheese" is part of the meal.
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