cheeselet
/ˈt͡ʃizlət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "CHEESELETS. A saucer three-fourths full of grated cheese, mix with it the whites of thee eggs beaten stiff, add a pinch of salt, a few drops of Worcestershire sauce. Form into balls, roll in cracker crumbs (very fine), drop in boiling lard. To be made during the dinner and served directly with the salad."
- "Milk free from foreign deleterious spores will produce cheeselets which are pliant without trace of gas development, that is free from 'holes' or 'eyes,' whereas the cheeselets from the milk not fit for cheesemaking will by this treatment be crumbly, leathery, spongy, shriveled, huffed or otherwise abnormal."
- "Dr. Debono then commented on the interesting problem of the local cheeselets. While these in Malta are supposed to be made out of sheep's milk they should not theoretically constitute a serious danger because the incidence of Brucellosis in sheep in Malta is about 1%."
- "A small cheese basket is known as a qaleb […] The cheeselet that is made in it is called a gbeina, smaller brother, as it were, of the rikotta."
- "Meg gazed desperately across the room to where Monty was guffawing with mirth and stuffing into his mouth a cheeselet."
- "Soft cheeselets, freshly made from sheeps'^([sic]) or goats' milk, rated as a favourite delicacy – and as trustworthy carriers of undulant fever."
Etymology
From cheese + -let (diminutive suffix). Sense 1 has been reinforced by the word’s use as a calque of Maltese ġbejna (literally “little cheese”), a diminutive of ġobon (“cheese”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈt͡ʃizlət/
- British English: /ˈt͡ʃiːzlɪt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.