hard cheese

noun

A type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time.

Similar
bad luckhard lineshard luckstiff cheddartough breaktough cookietough cookiestough luck
Opposite
soft cheesecream cheese
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Meanings

nounhard cheese (countable and uncountable, plural hard cheeses)

plural hard cheeses

  1. countableuncountableA type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time.

    Antonyms: soft cheese, cream cheese

  2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, cheese.
interjection
  1. idiomaticinformalAn unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune.

    Synonyms: bad luck, hard lines, hard luck, stiff cheddar, tough break, tough cookie, tough cookies, tough luck

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time.

Opposite
soft cheesecream cheese

interjectionAn unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune.

Similar
bad luckhard lineshard luckstiff cheddartough breaktough cookietough cookiestough lucktough noogiestough tittytough tittiestough toenailstough toodlestough shitstiff shit
Also see
hard lineshard luckstiff cheddartough breaktough cookiestough noogiestough shittough tittytough toenailstough toodlestough tuchus

Translations

Arabic جُبْن يَابِس
  • جُبْن يَابِس (jubn yābis)A standard type of firm, ripe cheese
Czech tvrdý sýr
  • tvrdý sýrA standard type of firm, ripe cheese
Finnish kova juusto
  • kova juustoA standard type of firm, ripe cheese
German Hartkäse, Trockenkäse
  • HartkäseA standard type of firm, ripe cheese
  • TrockenkäseA standard type of firm, ripe cheese
Polish ser twardy, ser żółty
  • ser twardyA standard type of firm, ripe cheese
  • ser żółtyA standard type of firm, ripe cheese
Russian твёрдый сыр
  • твёрдый сыр (tvjórdyj syr)A standard type of firm, ripe cheese
Swedish hårdost
  • hårdostA standard type of firm, ripe cheese
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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