pot cheese

noun

A soft, crumbly, unaged cheese resembling ricotta.

Similar
cottage cheesequarkfarm cheesefarmer's cheese
OriginDutch potkaas →
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Meanings

nounpot cheese (countable and uncountable, plural pot cheeses)

plural pot cheeses

  1. countableuncountableA soft, crumbly, unaged cheese resembling ricotta.

    Synonyms: cottage cheese, quark

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA soft, crumbly, unaged cheese resembling ricotta.

Similar
cottage cheesequark

More synonyms by meaning

nounmild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk

Similar
cottage cheesefarm cheesefarmer's cheese
Broader
cheese
Also see
cottage cheese

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Dutchpotkaas
  2. Englishpot cheese

Calque of Dutch potkaas (Modern Dutch kwark (“quark”)).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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