rat-trap cheese
rat-trap cheese · rat-trap cheeses
Inexpensive unexceptional cheeseInexpensive unexceptional cheese.
Meaning
2 senses(US, countable, informal, uncountable)Inexpensive unexceptional cheese.
Near-synonym: government cheese (sometimes humorously synonymous)
Inexpensive unexceptional cheese.
(US, countable, informal, uncountable)American cheese portrayed as such.
Origin
So called because it might be used in baiting a trap.So called because it might be used in baiting a trap.
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Forms
plural: rat-trap cheeses| Singular | rat-trap cheese |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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