Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soft white cheese made of cream and milk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of soft rich cheese prepared from curd made with new or unskimmed milk and an added quantity of cream, the curd being placed in a cloth and allowed to drain without pressure; also, any cheese made with an extra proportion of cream.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable and uncountable A soft, mild-tasting, white cheese that comes from cows milk.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream
Etymologies
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Named after the cream the cheese was made from.
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pterodactyl commented on the word cream cheese
See this map for American pronunciation.
April 14, 2008
bilby commented on the word cream cheese
Someone is out there making cream cheese pronunciation maps?
April 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word cream cheese
I can't digest cream cheese pronounciation maps.
April 14, 2008