cheese
part of speech
noun (cheese, uncountable; a cheese, cheeses for types or whole ones)
meaning for a pupil
1) Cheese is a food made from milk, usually yellow or white, that can be soft or hard. tree →
2) A cheese is a whole round block or a particular kind of cheese. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Cheese was a common food and a gift, as when David brought cheeses to his brothers' commander. In Job, curdled cheese is a picture of the way God shapes a person. In the primary lessons: In science, cheese is made when milk is thickened (curdled) and the liquid is drained off; it is a dairy food with calcium for strong bones and teeth. In cooking and lunches: cheese sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, pizza. People say «Say cheese!» when taking a photo so everyone smiles. Phrases: a slice of cheese, grated cheese, cheese on toast, say cheese.
examples
- Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? (Writings JOB.10.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge; (Prophets 1SA.17.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- and honey, and curd, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said: 'The people is hungry, and faint, and thirsty, in the wilderness.' (Prophets 2SA.17.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- I had a cheese sandwich for lunch. tree →
- Cheese is made from milk. tree →
- Grate the cheese on top of the pizza. tree →
- Mice in cartoons love cheese. tree →
- Say cheese! tree →
- France makes hundreds of cheeses. tree →
- Cheddar is a hard cheese. tree →
- Cheese gives you calcium. tree →
- I can eat my bread without cheese. tree →
note
Usually uncountable: «some cheese», «a piece of cheese», not «a cheese» for a portion. Myth: real mice do not especially love cheese; they prefer grains and fruit. Some people cannot eat cheese because of a milk allergy or intolerance.
In the corpora
- Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
- Mice prefer grains, seeds and sweet foods to cheese, so peanut butter works better in humane traps.
- Mice will eat cheese, but they prefer grains, seeds and sweet foods, so people baiting traps usually use peanut butter.
- Badger finishes his cheese, stands by the fire and asks Toad what his father, Badger's old friend, would have said.
- Cheese-makers use exactly this trick to make soft cheeses like paneer.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cheese» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.