cheesecloth
A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various…A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.
» Cheesecloth is probably cheaper at hardware stores than culinary specialty stores.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.
Seihtuch, Käsetuch, Koliertuch
ма́рляmárlja
a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses
Examples
1 sentencesCheesecloth is probably cheaper at hardware stores than culinary specialty stores.
Translations
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Origin
From cheese + cloth.From cheese + cloth.
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Forms
plural: cheesecloths| Singular | cheesecloth |
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable