cottage cheese
- noun
- B2
- less common
a soft white cheese with a light taste, made of small wet grains and eaten fresh soon after it is made
I mix cottage cheese with chopped chives and spread it on toast.
Cottage cheese has more protein and less fat than most cheeses.
She takes a small tub of cottage cheese to work every day.
The recipe uses cottage cheese as a filling for baked pancakes.
Common collocations: a tub of cottage cheese · low-fat cottage cheese · plain cottage cheese · cottage cheese with chives · a spoonful of cottage cheese
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