English Explanatory Dictionary

cheesecloth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cheesecloth.wav

Word forms

cheesecloth cheesecloths

Etymology

From cheese + cloth.

Derived words

cheeseclothed
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