cottage cheese
noun
an extremely soft, or loose, white, mild-flavored cheese made from skim-milk curds, usually without rennet.
Origin of cottage cheese
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
regional variation note for cottage cheese
Farmer cheese and
farmer's cheese are widely used throughout the U.S. as terms for a kind of
cottage cheese. This same kind of cheese, with varying curd size and sourness, is also called
sour-milk cheese in Eastern New England;
curd or
curd cheese, chiefly in the Northeastern and Southern U.S.;
pot cheese, chiefly in the Hudson Valley;
smearcase, chiefly in the North Midland U.S., and sometimes
cream cheese in the Gulf States.
Words nearby cottage cheese
cotransport,
cotswold,
cotswolds,
cotta,
cottage,
cottage cheese,
cottage country,
cottage flat,
cottage fries,
cottage grove,
cottage hospital
Example sentences from the Web for cottage cheese
Cottage-cheese is the most nearly pure protein of anything that we eat.
Food Guide for War Service at Home |Katharine Blunt, Frances L. Swain, and Florence PowdermakerWhen he could not get buttermilk, he was contented with bonny-clabber and cottage-cheese.
The Funny Philosophers |George Yellott
British Dictionary definitions for cottage cheese
cottage cheese
noun
a mild loose soft white cheese made from skimmed milk curds