cheese meaning and definition

CHEESE noun

Definition of cheese (noun)

1. a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
2. erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
   • synonyms: cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow

CHEESE verb

Definition of cheese (verb)

1. used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
   • "Cheese it!"
2. wind onto a cheese
   • "cheese the yarn"