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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

corduroycottonfabricfilternylon

Example

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"Cheesecloth is probably cheaper at hardware stores than culinary specialty stores."

Etymology

From cheese + cloth.

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