Etymology

pot cheese

Today it means: A soft, crumbly, unaged cheese resembling ricotta. Full definition →

Dutch potkaas
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  1. Dutch · calque ofpotkaas
  2. English todaypot cheese

Calque of Dutch potkaas (Modern Dutch kwark (“quark”)).

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