Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US, countable, usually)A cheese sandwich typically toasted or fried in butter.

    I'll have a grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup, please.

    —Do you like grilled cheese? —I love grilled cheese! Especially with bacon and tomato!

    gegrilltes Käsesandwich

    A grilled sandwich whose principal filling is cheese

Translations

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By meaning 1
toasted cheese sandwich:

Origin

The syntax around the term's usage supports the idea that it originated as an ellipsis of

The syntax around the term's usage supports the idea that it originated as an ellipsis of grilled cheese sandwich.

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Forms

plural: grilled cheeses
Singulargrilled cheese
Pluralgrilled cheeses

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
grilled cheese sandwich:cheese toastiesnackwichtoasted cheesegrilled cheese sandwich

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grilled cheese — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto