cottage cheese

noun

A cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.

“Near-synonyms: quark, mató, ricotta, tvorog”

Similar
curd cheesecurds and wheyDutch cheesesmearcasepot cheesefarmer cheesequarkmató
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Meanings

nouncottage cheese (countable and uncountable, plural cottage cheeses)

plural cottage cheeses

  1. countableuncountableA cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.

    Near-synonyms: quark, mató, ricotta, tvorog

    Synonyms: curd cheese, curds and whey, Dutch cheese, smearcase, pot cheese, farmer cheese, quark, mató

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.

Similar
curd cheesecurds and wheyDutch cheesesmearcasepot cheesefarmer cheesequarkmatóricottatvorog

More synonyms by meaning

nounmild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk

Similar
pot cheesefarm cheesefarmer's cheese
Broader
cheese
Also see
curd cheesepot cheese

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

First known use is from 1831 in the periodical Godey's Lady's Book. Believed to have originated because the simple cheese was usually produced in cottages from any left-over milk after making butter.

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Translations

Ancient Greek πυριάτη
  • πυριάτη (puriátē)cheese curd product
Arabic جُبْن قَرِيش
  • جُبْن قَرِيش (jubn qarīš)cheese curd product
Basque gaztanbera
  • gaztanberacheese curd product
Bulgarian извара, тваро́г
  • извара (izvara)cheese curd product
  • тваро́г (tvaróg)cheese curd product
Catalan mató, brull
  • matócheese curd product
  • brullcheese curd product
Chinese Cantonese 茅屋芝士
  • 茅屋芝士cheese curd product
Chinese Mandarin 白乾酪 /白干酪, 白軟乾酪 /白软干酪
  • 白乾酪 /白干酪 (báigānlào)cheese curd product
  • 白軟乾酪 /白软干酪 (báiruǎn gānlào)cheese curd product
  • 鬆軟乾酪 /松软干酪 (sōngruǎn gānlào)cheese curd product
  • 農家乾酪 /农家干酪 (nóngjiā gānlào)cheese curd product
  • 鮮乾酪 /鲜干酪 (xiāngānlào)cheese curd product
  • 鄉村奶酪 /乡村奶酪 (xiāngcūn nǎilào)cheese curd product
  • 農家乳酪 /农家乳酪 (nóngjiā rǔlào)cheese curd product
  • 軟白乾酪 /软白干酪 (ruǎnbái gānlào)cheese curd product
Czech tvaroh
  • tvarohcheese curd product
Danish hytteost
  • hytteostcheese curd product
Dutch huttenkaas, hüttenkäse
  • huttenkaascheese curd product
  • hüttenkäsecheese curd product
  • cottage cheesecheese curd product
Esperanto kazeo
  • kazeocheese curd product
Estonian kohupiim, kodujuust
  • kohupiimcheese curd product
  • kodujuustcheese curd product
Finnish raejuusto
  • raejuustocheese curd product
French fromage blanc, faisselle
  • fromage blanccheese curd product
  • faissellecheese curd product
  • fromage fraischeese curd product
  • quarkcheese curd product
  • fromage cottagecheese curd product
German Hüttenkäse, Quark
  • Hüttenkäsecheese curd product
  • Quarkcheese curd product
Greek ανθότυρο
  • ανθότυρο (anthótyro)cheese curd product
Hebrew קוֹטֶג׳, גְּבִינַת קוֹטֶג׳
  • קוֹטֶג׳ (kótej)cheese curd product
  • גְּבִינַת קוֹטֶג׳ (g'vinát-kótej)cheese curd product
Hungarian túró
  • túrócheese curd product
Icelandic kotasæla
  • kotasælacheese curd product
Italian fiocchi di latte
  • fiocchi di lattecheese curd product
Japanese コテージチーズ, コッテージチーズ
  • コテージチーズ (kotēji chīzu)cheese curd product
  • コッテージチーズ (kottēji chīzu)cheese curd product
  • カテージチーズ (katēji chīzu)cheese curd product
  • カッテージチーズ (kattēji chīzu)cheese curd product
  • クワルク (kuwaruku)cheese curd product
Korean 코티지 치즈, 크바르크
  • 코티지 치즈 (kotiji chijeu)cheese curd product
  • 크바르크 (keubareukeu)cheese curd product
Latvian mājas siers
  • mājas sierscheese curd product
Lithuanian varškė, grūdėta varškė
  • varškėcheese curd product
  • grūdėta varškėcheese curd product
Malay keju kotej
  • keju kotejcheese curd product
Norwegian hytteost
  • hytteostcheese curd product
Persian ترف, لور
  • ترف (tarf)cheese curd product
  • لور (lur)cheese curd product
  • پَنیر کُلبه (panir kolbe)cheese curd product
Polish serek wiejski
  • serek wiejskicheese curd product
Portuguese cottage, requeijão
  • cottagecheese curd product
  • requeijãocheese curd product
Romanian brânză albă
  • brânză albăcheese curd product
Russian творо́г, тво́рог
  • творо́г (tvoróg)cheese curd product
  • тво́рог (tvórog)cheese curd product
  • дома́шний сыр (domášnij syr)cheese curd product
Slovak tvaroh
  • tvarohcheese curd product
Spanish cottage, requesón
  • cottagecheese curd product
  • requesóncheese curd product
Swedish keso, grynost
  • kesocheese curd product
  • grynostcheese curd product
  • ostmyssjacheese curd product
  • ostmassacheese curd product
Tagalog kesong puti
  • kesong puticheese curd product
Turkish lor, lor peyniri
  • lorcheese curd product
  • lor peyniricheese curd product
Ukrainian тварі́г, сир
  • тварі́г (tvaríh)cheese curd product
  • сир (syr)cheese curd product
Vietnamese phô mai tươi
  • phô mai tươicheese curd product
Welsh caws ceulfraen, caws colfran
  • caws ceulfraencheese curd product
  • caws colfrancheese curd product
Yiddish צוואָרעך
  • צוואָרעך (tsvorekh)cheese curd product
Cite this entry
APA

cottage cheese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottage%20cheese

MLA

“cottage cheese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottage%20cheese. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cottage cheese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottage%20cheese.

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