单词 | cheese knife |
释义 | > as lemmascheese knife cheese knife n. (a) a knife or other implement for cutting cheese; (b) a spatula used to break down the curd in cheese-making. [In quot. 1579 with punning reference to the name of the town Κατάνη , which the author implies is also a word for a cheese-grater. According to the grammarian Pollux, in Hellenistic Greek κατάνιον was a regional or colloquial variant of πατάνιον , a derivative of πατάνη , kind of dish (see paten n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cheese > tool for breaking down curd curd mill1378 cheese knife1579 breaker1844 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 1054 Callippus going to take a litle towne called Catana, he lost the citie of Syracvsa: whereupon he sayd that he had lost a citie, and got a..cheese-knife [Fr. rape à raper du formage; Gk. τυρόκνηστις]. 1729 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide iii. 146 The Cloth must be tucked in with a wooden Cheese-Knife. 1833 F. Marryat in Olio 29 June 315/1 Instead of being straight, his shins curved like a cheese knife. 1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 61/3 Here is a cheese knife that contributes materially to convenient and dainty serving. 2014 M. Tunick Sci. Cheese 36 Harder cheeses require cutting of the curd with cheese knives, consisting of a metal frame strung with horizontal wires and another frame with vertical ones. < as lemmas |
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