1. Noun
The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.
2. Noun
A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese.
3. Noun
The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
4. Noun
A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
5. Noun
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
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6. Noun
erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
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