"cheese button" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cheese buttons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheese button (plural cheese buttons)
  1. A side dish of German origin, made with cottage cheese, flour and eggs, topped with sauteed onions.
    Sense id: en-cheese_button-en-noun-UHr-~uup Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 3 36
  2. A type of biscuit flavored with grated cheese.
    Sense id: en-cheese_button-en-noun-Ij2L8Pc-
  3. A utensil resembling a large thumbtack, used to hold a piece of cheese when cutting it instead of using one's fingers. Translations (utensil): juustonappi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-cheese_button-en-noun-eR3BXeW1 Disambiguation of 'utensil': 6 0 94

Inflected forms

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