semisoft

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adjective

Partially soft; partially melted.

“semisoft chocolate, semisoft butter”

Similar
softishsoft
OriginEnglish soft ← Middle English softe ← Old English sōfte →
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Meanings

adjectivesemisoft (not comparable)

alternative semi-soft

  1. especiallynot comparablePartially soft; partially melted.

    semisoft chocolate, semisoft butter

nounsemisoft (plural semisofts)

plural semisofts

  1. rareAny semisoft variety of cheese.

    We had a selection of cheeses. From Ontario there was a ten-year-old cheddar made by prizewinning Maple Dale Cheese along with a couple of semisofts, one made from buffalo milk and the other, cow.

    2014, Ian Coutts, The Perfect Keg

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesomewhat soft

Similar
softishsoft
Also see
softish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  6. Old Englishsōfte
  7. Middle Englishsofte
  8. Englishsoft
  9. Englishsemisoft

From semi- + soft.

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Translations

Bulgarian полутвърд
  • полутвърд (polutvărd)Translations
Māori kūteretere
  • kūteretereTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

semisoft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semisoft

MLA

“semisoft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semisoft. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semisoft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semisoft.

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