"Cheshire cheese" meaning in All languages combined

See Cheshire cheese on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Cheshire cheeses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Cheshire cheese (countable and uncountable, plural Cheshire cheeses)
  1. A dense and crumbly cheese produced in the English county of Cheshire. Wikipedia link: Cheshire cheese Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cheeses Categories (place): Cheshire, England Translations (type of cheese): 柴郡芝士 (Cháijùn zhīshì) (Chinese Mandarin), Cheshire (Dutch), cheshire (Finnish), cheshire [masculine] (French), chester [masculine] (French), Chesterkäse [masculine] (German), Chester-Käse [masculine] (German), Chester [masculine] (German), Cheshire [masculine] (German), Cheshire-Chääs [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), Chester [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), גְּבִינַת־ צ'שייר [feminine] (Hebrew), גְּבִינַת־ צ'שר [feminine] (Hebrew), keju Cheshire (Indonesian), チェシャーチーズ (Cheshā chīzu) (Japanese), 체셔 치즈 (chesyeo chijeu) (Korean), cāseus Castrensis [masculine] (Latin), cheshire [masculine] (Polish), chester [masculine] (Polish), че́стер (čéster) [masculine] (Russian), Cheshire [masculine] (Spanish), chesterost [common-gender] (Swedish), chester-ost [common-gender] (Swedish), че́шир (čéšyr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), pho mát sexte (Vietnamese)

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