soft cheese

noun

A type of rennet cheese that is not firm owing to the curds not having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree, so that much whey or liquid is left, and it has not ripened long.

Meanings

nounsoft cheese (plural soft cheeses)

plural soft cheeses

  1. A type of rennet cheese that is not firm owing to the curds not having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree, so that much whey or liquid is left, and it has not ripened long.

Translations

Arabic جُبْن رَطِب
  • جُبْن رَطِب (jubn raṭib)A standard type of infirm and little-ripened cheese
Finnish pehmeä juusto
  • pehmeä juustoA standard type of infirm and little-ripened cheese
German Weichkäse
  • WeichkäseA standard type of infirm and little-ripened cheese
Polish ser miękki
  • ser miękkiA standard type of infirm and little-ripened cheese
Russian мя́гкий сыр
  • мя́гкий сыр (mjáxkij syr)A standard type of infirm and little-ripened cheese
Swedish mjukost
  • mjukostA standard type of infirm and little-ripened cheese
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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