cottage cheese

2 definitions found

cottage cheese - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cottage \Cot"tage\ (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From Cot a cottage.]
     A small house; a cot; a hut.
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     Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the
           poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful
           dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any
           residence or lodging house of rustic architecture,
           irrespective of size.
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     Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.]
  
     Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained,
        salted, and pressed into a ball.
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cottage cheese - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cottage cheese
      n 1: mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk [syn:
           cottage cheese, pot cheese, farm cheese, farmer's cheese
           ]