cheese

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Much noise has already been made about the potential for Latin American cheese, and Mexican cheeses in particular.

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  1. noun A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk, often seasoned and aged.
  2. noun A molded mass of this substance.
  3. noun Something resembling this substance in shape or consistency.

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  1. Middle English chese, from Old English cȳse, from Germanic *kasjus, from Latin cāseus.
  2. Origin unknown.
  3. Perhaps from Urdu chīz, thing, from Persian, from Old Persian *ciš-ciy, something; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English chesc, from AS, cy¯se, cy¯se, also cy¯sa = Old Saxon kāsi, kiesi = OFries. tzise = Dutch kaas = Middle Low German kēse, Low German kese = Old High German chāsi, Middle High German kœse, G-. käse = Spanish queso = Portuguese queijo = Italian cacio (also prob. = Irish cais = Gaelic caise = Welsh caws), cheese, from Latin caseus, Middle Latin casius, cheese. See casein, etc. The Scandinavian word is different: Icelandic ostr = Swedish Danish ost, cheese.
 

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