cheese stick

noun

A short, cylindrical, usually individually-wrapped serving of string cheese (or, less commonly, other cheeses).

Meanings

nouncheese stick (plural cheese sticks)

plural cheese sticks

  1. A short, cylindrical, usually individually-wrapped serving of string cheese (or, less commonly, other cheeses).

    It is good!” Ganbold said, and began to peel the foil away from his cheese stick.

    2015, Randy Blythe, Dark Days, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    “Give me your cheese stick!” Dan demanded angrily with his hand held out. “But this is my cheese stick!” protested Sarah. Dan took another step closer to Sarah so he was standing almost on top of her. “I said give me your cheese stick!

    2008, Bec Furraway, Sarah Meets a Bully, →ISBN, page 9

    One cheese stick is only 80 kcalories; however, four to five cheese sticks add up to 320 to 400 kcalories.

    2014, Amy Christine Brown, Understanding Food: Principles and Preparation, →ISBN, page 238
  2. An elongated piece of battered or breaded cheese, such as a mozzarella stick.

    I dipped a cheese stick into some sauce and tried not to cuss him out for ruining my amusing thoughts about little demon creatures.

    2015, Anna Todd, After Ever Happy, →ISBN, page 446
    2 more examples

    Then he added a cheese stick: a one-inch-square by five-inch-long lump of mild cheddar cheese dipped in the same cornmeal batter and deep-fried.

    1984, Chase Revel, 184 Businesses Anyone Can Start and Make, →ISBN, page 129

    The sample set consisted of eight commercial cheese stick products (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, and P8). These products were obtained from a food manufacturer and stored in a freezer until evaluation. The samples were fried according to the manufacturers' cooking instructions before serving.

    2008, Jean-François Meullenet, Rui Xiong, Christopher J. Findlay, Multivariate and Probabilistic Analyses of Sensory Science Problems, →ISBN

Translations

Japanese チーズスティック
  • チーズスティック (chīzu sutikku)string cheese
Korean 치즈스틱
  • 치즈스틱 (chijeuseutik)string cheese
Vietnamese phô mai que
  • phô mai questring cheese
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