cheesecloth

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nouncheesecloth (countable and uncountable, plural cheesecloths)

plural cheesecloths

  1. countableuncountableA 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.

Origin

From cheese + cloth.

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Translations

Bulgarian тензу́х, цедило
  • тензу́х (tenzúh)loosely woven cotton gauze
  • цедило (cedilo)loosely woven cotton gauze
  • цедилка (cedilka)loosely woven cotton gauze
Czech fáčovina, plátýnko
  • fáčovinaloosely woven cotton gauze
  • plátýnkoloosely woven cotton gauze
Danish ostelærred
  • ostelærredloosely woven cotton gauze
Dutch kaasdoek
  • kaasdoekloosely woven cotton gauze
Estonian marli
  • marliloosely woven cotton gauze
Finnish juustokangas, juustoharso
  • juustokangasloosely woven cotton gauze
  • juustoharsoloosely woven cotton gauze
French étamine à fromage
  • étamine à fromageloosely woven cotton gauze
German Seihtuch, Käsetuch
  • Seihtuchloosely woven cotton gauze
  • Käsetuchloosely woven cotton gauze
  • Koliertuchloosely woven cotton gauze
  • Mulltuchloosely woven cotton gauze
  • Passiertuchloosely woven cotton gauze
Greek τουλουπάνι
  • τουλουπάνι (touloupáni)loosely woven cotton gauze
Hungarian géz
  • gézloosely woven cotton gauze
Italian stamigna
  • stamignaloosely woven cotton gauze
Polish etamina
  • etaminaloosely woven cotton gauze
Portuguese morim
  • morimloosely woven cotton gauze
Russian ма́рля
  • ма́рля (márlja)loosely woven cotton gauze
Spanish estameña
  • estameñaloosely woven cotton gauze
Swedish ostduk
  • ostdukloosely woven cotton gauze
Turkish tülbent
  • tülbentloosely woven cotton gauze
Welsh lliain caws
  • lliain cawsloosely woven cotton gauze
Cite this entry
APA

cheesecloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheesecloth

MLA

“cheesecloth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheesecloth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheesecloth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheesecloth.

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