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cheesecloth

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gauze, netting, veiling

History

Etymology

From cheese + cloth.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mësallë djathi — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Albanian: napëlungë — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Bulgarian: тензу́х (tenzúh) — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Bulgarian: цедило (cedilo) — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Bulgarian: цедилка (cedilka) — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Czech: fáčovina — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Czech: plátýnko — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Danish: ostelærred — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Dutch: kaasdoek — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Estonian: marli — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Finnish: juustokangas — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Finnish: juustoharso — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • French: étamine à fromage — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • German: Seihtuch — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • German: Käsetuch — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • German: Koliertuch — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • German: Mulltuch — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • German: Passiertuch — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Greek: τουλουπάνι (touloupáni) — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Hungarian: géz — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Italian: stamigna — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Polish: etamina — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Portuguese: morim — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Russian: ма́рля (márlja) — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Spanish: estameña — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Swedish: ostduk — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Turkish: tülbent — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Ottoman Turkish: دلبند (dülbend) — loosely woven cotton gauze
  • Welsh: lliain caws — loosely woven cotton gauze