Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coarse cotton fabric of an open texture, used in cheese-making for wrapping the cheese.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A thin, loosely-woven cotton cloth of a gauze texture, such as is used in pressing cheese curds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A loosely woven
cotton gauze , originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for variousculinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses
Etymologies
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Examples
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Add the minced pepper and lemongrass (only pieces not in cheesecloth bag).
A Turtle! & Fragrant Jasmine Rice Laura 2009
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Add the minced pepper and lemongrass (only pieces not in cheesecloth bag).
Archive 2009-08-01 Laura 2009
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Tie up some yogurt in cheesecloth and hang it over a bowl for 4-8 hours.
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For many years I wrapped the two sides of salmon in cheesecloth after rubbing on the cure as an aid in turning the fish as it cures.
Recipe: Gravlax Laurie Constantino 2008
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You can wrap the cloves in cheesecloth before adding to the sauce to make them easier to remove.
Archive 2008-02-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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For many years I wrapped the two sides of salmon in cheesecloth after rubbing on the cure as an aid in turning the fish as it cures.
Archive 2008-01-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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You can wrap the cloves in cheesecloth before adding to the sauce to make them easier to remove.
Greek Village Feasting: Chicken Kokkinistos [Πετ’νός (Κόκορας) Κοκκινιστός με Πατάτες] Laurie Constantino 2008
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To make your own: Wrap cottage cheese in cheesecloth and place in a colander or strainer nested inside a bowl.
Archive 2007-02-01 Steve Carper 2007
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To make your own: Wrap cottage cheese in cheesecloth and place in a colander or strainer nested inside a bowl.
Pressed Cottage Cheese is Low Lactose Steve Carper 2007
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For a movie only fifty minutes long, wasting time repeating itself, as opposed to blowing that same amount of time on developing the characters or explaining the plot with sufficient holes to make me think the script was written on cheesecloth, is just plain insulting.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2007
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