goat cheese
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English
Alternative forms
- goat's cheese (UK, Australia)
- goat-cheese
Etymology
From Middle English gate cuse.
Noun
goat cheese (countable and uncountable, plural goat cheeses)
- Any cheese produced using goatmilk.
- Synonyms: chèvre, goat's milk cheese
- 1947, Ruth McKenney, The Loud Red Patrick, page 70:
- The man who sold it to him said goats were extremely profitable; he swore that Mr. Sokolat would have a nice goat-cheese business in no time at all.
Usage notes
- The form goat's cheese is preferred in the UK and Australia.
Translations
cheese produced by goat milk
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