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单词 headcheese
释义

headcheese

[ hed-cheez ]
/ ˈhɛdˌtʃiz /

noun

a seasoned loaf made of the head meat, sometimes including the tongue or brains, of a calf or pig and molded in the natural aspic of the head.

Origin of headcheese

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; head + cheese1

Words nearby headcheese

headbox, head-butt, headcam, head cap, headcase, headcheese, headcloth, head cold, head collar, head count, head dip
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Example sentences from the Web for headcheese

  • Headcheese is usually made from the hog's head but odds and ends also can be used not only from pork but from beef and veal.

    Every Step in Canning|Grace Viall Gray
  • There's headcheese besides but that's made of a pig's head and is only a cheese by discourtesy.

    The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown
  • Take back that sack or we will sell you for headcheese before night!'

    The Comstock Club|Charles Carroll Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for headcheese

headcheese
/ (ˈhɛdˌtʃiːz) /

noun

US and Canadian a seasoned jellied loaf made from the head and sometimes the feet of a pig or calfAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): brawn
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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