Meanings
noungreen cheese (countable and uncountable, plural green cheeses)
plural green cheeses
- countableuncountableFresh cheese that has not yet been dried and aged.
GREEN CHEESE SANDWICH: Spread on thin slices of lightly buttered white bread, green cheese grated fine. Put slices together and garnish with a sour pickle.
1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 115
Origin
From green as in green (“unripe, unprocessed”) and green (“fresh, new, recent, young”). Compare greenhorn and vinho verde.
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