cheeseˈcake noun

1. A kind of cake having a base of pastry or biscuit crumbs, with a filling of cream cheese, sugar, eggs, flavouring, etc
2. Women with sex appeal, esp when pictured erotically or pornographically in magazines, etc (slang; cf beefcake)

cheeseˈcloth noun

1. A loose-woven light gauze used for wrapping cheeses
2. A stronger type of loosely-woven cotton cloth used for making shirts, etc

cheeseˈcutter noun (nautical)

1. A movable keel that may be drawn up inside a boat
2. A square-peaked cap

cheeseˈ-head adjective

(of bolts and screws) having a short thick cylindrical head

cheeseˈhopper or cheese skipper noun

A small fly (Piophila casei) whose larvae feed on cheese and move by jumping

cheeseˈmite noun

A very small arachnid (Tyroglyphus longior) that breeds in cheese

cheeseˈmonger noun

A dealer in cheese

cheeseˈparer noun

A mean or stingy person, a skinflint

cheeseˈparing noun

1. Orig a paring of cheese rind
2. Parsimony, stinginess

adjective

Mean and parsimonious

cheese plant see Swiss cheese plant under Swiss

cheeseˈpress noun

A machine or device in which curds for cheese are pressed

cheeseˈ-rennet noun

The plant lady's bedstraw, said to have been used formerly as rennet in curdling milk

cheeseˈsteak noun (US)

A long roll filled with grilled sliced beef and melted cheese

cheese straw noun

A long thin piece of pastry flavoured with cheese

cheeseˈtaster noun

A long hollow tool for taking a sample from the inside of a cheese

cheeseˈvat noun

A vat or wooden case in which curds are separated or pressed in cheese making

cheeseˈwire noun

A thin wire used for cutting cheese

cheeseˈwood noun (Aust)

The yellow wood of various Australian trees of the genus Pittosporum

cheeseˈwring noun

Another name for a cheesepress

green cheese

Unripe or unmatured cheese

hard cheese (informal)

Hard luck

make cheeses (archaic)

To whirl round and then sink down suddenly so as to make the skirt stand out like a cheese