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What is the noun for cheeses?

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cheese

(uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
(countable) Any particular variety of cheese.
(countable) A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.
(uncountable, colloquial) That which is melodramatic, overly emotional, or cliché, i.e. cheesy.
(uncountable, slang) Money.
(countable, Britain) In skittles, the roughly ovoid object that is thrown to knock down the skittles.
(uncountable, slang, baseball) A fastball.
(uncountable, slang) A dangerous mixture of black tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. The resulting powder resembles grated cheese and is snorted.
(technology) Holed pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density.
A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the shape of a cheese.
The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
A low curtsey; so called on account of the cheese shape assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
Synonyms:

melodrama, drama, tragedy

Examples:

“It's time to add some cheese to this action burger! Every genre has them, everybody loves them!”

cheeser

A broad gleeful grin.
A jovial greeting
A cheesemonger, cheese aficionado, or someone employed in the cheese business
(slang) An uncircumcised man.
(slang) A senior or geezer.
(Britain, dialect) A conker with a flat side.
Examples:

“There's more fun to be had with a wedge-shaped cheeser, especially when it's been thoughtfully prepared.”

“I looked at his normally deadpan face and saw the faintest outline of a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, a cheeser grin on anyone else.”

“But you'll want to marry someone your own age, not some old cheeser.”

cheeseball

A spherical mass of cheese or cream cheese, often including nuts or other additions and served as an hors d'oeuvre or finger food, usually with bread or crackers.
The tree Glochidion ferdinandi.
(pejorative) someone cheesy, lacking taste or style.
Examples:

“Say what you will about them, they sure like their cheeseball action flicks.”

“The set certainly has its share of cheeseball shows, but the good ones are really good.”

“The film is utterly hilarious, filled with loads of sight gags, cheeseball dialogue and numerous in-jokes for horror buffs.”

cheesesteak

A Philadelphia snack food consisting of chopped steak and melted cheese in a bread roll.
Synonyms:

Philadelphia cheesesteak, Philly cheesesteak

cheesery

(US) A bakery, cooking house, plant or other factory used for the sole purpose of making cheese.

cheesemeister

(slang, rare) A purveyor of cheesy (melodramatic or cliché) material.

cheesiness

The quality, condition, or state of being cheesy.
Examples:

“I'd rather see her with someone who appreciates her goofiness and cheesiness than someone who finds it annoying and wants to change her.”

“Maybe a bit of cheesiness is a small price to pay to remind us of how lucky we really are.”

“These songs demonstrate the fine line the saxophone walks from raw emotion to abominable cheesiness.”

cheesemaking

The production of cheese

cheeseboard

A board used for serving cheeses.
Examples:

“When the cheeseboard arrives will people forego the offer of a knife and instead try to slice a mature manchego with a crumbly water biscuit?”

“I thought it was a clever dessert for people who don't have a very sweet tooth and are drawn towards a cheeseboard.”

“I think she may have accepted that my stomach will probably remain rather more cheeseboard than washboard.”

cheesemaker

A person skilled in the art of making cheese
Examples:

“For instance, nettles that he sells to a local cheesemaker mean lucrative wildcrafting during the slow harvests of early spring.”

“We had just been offered a warm orb of fresh burrata cheese, straight out of the pot the cheesemaker was using to craft it.”

“Some years ago I couldn't get enough sage cheese so I asked a Wisconsin cheesemaker if he would make some.”

cheesevat

A vat in which cheese is made.

cheesemonger

(Britain) Someone who sells cheese.
Examples:

“The first shop opened in 1993 and now there are three, which must sum up the quality of this assiduous cheesemonger.”

“Last night I hung out with a cheesemonger and today I have so far managed to consume 8 different cheeses.”

“Place an order with your local cheesemonger or somewhere that does mail order.”

cheesebox

A box for holding cheese

cheeselet

A baby cheese.

cheesewright

A cheesemaker.

cheez

(music) composition
Examples:

“Khas cheez hai — something very special to make you love Munna and me forever.”

“I'm hoarding what must be the most expensive jar of Cheez Whiz ever eaten, and scraping it mingily across my bread to make the taste go as far as possible.”

“Their shape is similar to Cheez Doodles, but are made of corn and flavored with peanut butter.”