Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A mild white Italian cheese that has a rubbery texture and is often eaten melted, as on pizza.
Wiktionary
- n. Soft Italian cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc
WordNet 3.0
- n. mild white Italian cheese
Etymologies
- Italian mozzare ("to cut off") > Latin mutilatis (Wiktionary)
- Italian, diminutive of mozza, a cut, mozzarella, from mozzare, to cut off, from mozzo, mutilated, from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilis. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Proof that not all fried mozzarella is created equal is Girasole's lightly breaded appetizer, which breaks open to a rush of white lava.”
“I don't like the dry and rubbery pre-shredded mozzarella from the supermarket and always seek out fresh balls of mozzarella that look like the one here.”
“Fresh mozzarella is also adecent item … just make sure to pick around anycheaper items they mix it with.”
“Fresh mozzarella is completely wasted here -- its delicate flavor is completely overwhelmed by the strong sun-dried tomato, olive and vinaigrette.”
“Stir the dressing well and add 1 tablespoon of it to the tomato. (this will vary depending on how much tomato you are using, dress it to your liking) Rip chunks of fresh mozzarella from a mozzarella ball and add to the tomatoes.”
“Today I learned that fresh mozzarella is crazy-expensive ... but I had a craving.”
“Most prized of all the mozzarella is the kind made from buffalo milk.”
“Not only do they carry some of the best products from Italy Parmigiano Reggiano and proscuitto, but they make their own mozzarella, which is in a class by itself.”
Blessed Are (Some of) the Cheesemakers - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
“In Sorrento, they add a slice of mozzarella, which is also very good.”
“I don't know how the prices run where you're at, but there is a big difference between the ones called mozzarella di bufala and mozzarella di fior di latte.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mozzarella’.
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The Cheese Connoisseur's List of...
Names of cheeses from around the world, blatantly stolen from every source available to me.
"A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with one eye." - Jean Anthelme Brillat-S...edam, cheddar, jack, monterrey jack, mozzarella, mozzarella di bufala, mozzarella fior d..., mozarella affumicata, scamorza, parmesan, gorgonzola, emmenthal and 256 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
cheese
everything cheese,expressions like
stiff cheddar,turophile's heaven
a work in progresscheddar, cheddared, cheddaring, cheedam, cheese straw, cheesed off, cheesed, cheesie, cheeseparing, cheese tree, cheesewood, cheesier and 352 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Formaggio
Italian cheese varieties.
Would you like some bread with it?
One region at a time, with no rush - I don't want to block wordie :-)
Please note that the list is far f...caciofiore aquilano, cacioricotta, caprino fresco, formaggio del buo..., formaggio puntato, giuncatella, incanestrato fogg..., pampanella, pecorino abruzzese, pecorino di farin..., pecorino sott´olio, scamorza passita and 250 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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Nigella Bites
words from the cookbook "Nigella Bites" by Nigella Lawson
intend, evangelical, present, nattering space, inevitably, consequently, techniques, liqueur, purist, frankly, constraints, jot and 256 more...
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encyclopedia gustatorica
béchamel, tart, pie, cupcake, roux, jambalaya, étouffé, succulent, plum, pomegranate, peach, apple and 300 more...
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Wordies for a Foodie
Included are many Italian dishes that so many pronounce wrong. Which is highly annoying since no one ever even tries to pronounce them right!
tarragon, rosemary, thyme, mint, sprig, aromatic, radicchio, chicory, macaroon, parmagiana, pesto, arugula and 13 more...
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The Cheese Shop
Inspired by Monty Python---and by cheese!
cheddar, brie, wensleydale, stilton, camembert, cambozola, feta, cheshire, gorgonzola, caboc, gruyere, edam and 9 more...
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MrWindUpBird's Words
juxtaposition, cosmonaut, cinema, film, movie, lemon, tactile, paper, jedi, cuddle, eyeglasses, spectacles and 61 more...
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cheese i've eaten
adelle, brillat savarin, coupole, grayson, tomme de savoie, segredo serrano, parmegiano reggiano, cabot cheddar, shropshire, edam, robiola, mont briac and 47 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mozzarella.
Prolagus "Mozzarella" should be used exclusively for water buffalo milk mozzarella; cow milk mozzarella is fior di latte. Jun 15, 2008