"American cheese" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1977 August 13, Paula Bennet, “By Her Own Admission — Soap for Straights”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 6, page 9",
          "text": "The end result of such efforts is something akin to processed American cheese: smooth, odor-free and entirely without taste.",
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        "A common processed cheese, yellow or white in colour and mild in flavour, with a medium-firm consistency."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rat cheese"
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          "word": "store cheese"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
          "word": "Amerikaanse kaas"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
          "word": "sulatejuusto"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Sandwichkäse"
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          "english": "roughly equivalent",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Toastkäse"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
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          "word": "queijo americano"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romainian",
          "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
          "word": "brânză americană"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Amerykansʹkyj syr",
          "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
          "word": "Американський сир"
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        "American cheese"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
      "word": "Amerikaanse kaas"
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    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
      "word": "sulatejuusto"
    },
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      "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
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      "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
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      "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
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      "word": "queijo americano"
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      "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
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      "sense": "common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency",
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  "word": "American cheese"
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