grilled cheese

plural grilled cheeses

1. CanadaUScountableusuallyA cheese sandwich typically toasted or fried in butter.

   I'll have a grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup, please.

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   —Do you like grilled cheese? —I love grilled cheese! Especially with bacon and tomato!

   Third, when you go to lunch today, instead of ordering a steak, ask for a grilled cheese.

   1970, “Time”, in Time Inc., volume 96, numbers 1-9, page 43

   A man of impeccable class, he also buys ready-made suits on sale and would as soon have grilled cheese and iced tea as coq au vin.

   1973 September, Anne Crawford and Jack Keever, “John Connally Between the Acts”, in Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, Volume 1, Issue 8 (September, 1973), page 44

   We sat out among the sidewalk tables, and I had a grilled cheese with bacon.

   a. 2000, C. Bard Cole, “Young Hemingways”, in Briefly told lives, Macmillan, published 2000, →ISBN, page 120

   I passed on the healthy stuff and had a grilled cheese.

   2001, Terry Bisson, The Pickup Artist, Macmillan, published 2002, →ISBN, page 23

   Synonyms: cheese toastie, snackwich, grilled cheese sandwich, toasted cheese