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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheesecloth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
cheese-cloth
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From cheese + cloth.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cheesecloths (plural)

Derived Forms

cheeseclothed

Questions

What does cheesecloth mean?
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.
Where does cheesecloth come from?
From cheese + cloth.

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