cheesecloth

noun

Etymology

From cheese + cloth.

  1. derived from *gleyt-
  2. inherited from *klaiþą
  3. inherited from clāþ
  4. inherited from cloth
  5. compounded as cheesecloth — “cheese + cloth

Definitions

  1. A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various…

    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.

The neighborhood

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