green cheese

English

Etymology

From green as in green (“unripe, unprocessed”) and green (“fresh, new, recent, young”). Compare greenhorn and vinho verde.

Noun

green cheese (countable and uncountable, plural green cheeses)

  1. Fresh cheese that has not yet been dried and aged.
    Hypernyms: cheese < dairy product < food
    Coordinate terms: farmer cheese, cottage cheese; cream cheese
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