cheesecloth

English

Etymology

From cheese +‎ cloth.

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Noun

cheesecloth (countable and uncountable, plural cheesecloths)

  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.

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