English noun: cheese |
1. | cheese (food) a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dairy product, food, solid food |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | American cheese, Armerican cheddar, bleu, blue cheese, brick cheese, Brie, Camembert, cheddar, cheddar cheese, Cheshire cheese, chevre, cottage cheese, cream cheese, double Gloucester, Edam, farm cheese, farmer's cheese, goat cheese, Gouda, Gouda cheese, grated cheese, hand cheese, Liederkranz, Limburger, mozzarella, Muenster, Parmesan, pot cheese, process cheese, processed cheese, quark, quark cheese, ricotta, string cheese, Swiss cheese, triple cream, triple creme, Velveeta |
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| Part holonym | cheese rind |
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| Substance holonym | curd |
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2. | cheese (plant) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States |
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| Synonyms | cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
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| Broader (hypernym) | mallow |
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| Member meronym | genus Malva, Malva |
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