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- [cheez]
- /tʃiz/
- /tʃiːz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [cheez]
- /tʃiz/
Definitions of cheese word
- variable noun cheese Cheese is a solid food made from milk. It is usually white or yellow. 3
- noun cheese the curd of milk separated from the whey and variously prepared as a food 3
- noun cheese a mass or complete cake of this substance 3
- noun cheese any of various substances of similar consistency, etc 3
- verb cheese to stop; desist 3
- verb cheese to act in a grovelling manner 3
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Origin of cheese
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English chese, Old English cēse (cognate with Old Saxon kāsi, German Käse) < Latin cāseus
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Cheese
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cheese popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cheese usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cheese
verb cheese
- misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- skew — to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
- misstate — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
noun cheese
- someone — somebody
- figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- hero — a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
Antonyms for cheese
verb cheese
- straighten — make straight
- uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- represent — to present again or anew.
- reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
noun cheese
- commoner — In countries which have a nobility, commoners are the people who are not members of the nobility.
- nobody — a person of no importance, influence, or power.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- unknown — not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- nonentity — a person or thing of no importance.
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