green cheese

English

Etymology

From green as in green (“unripe, unprocessed”) and green (“fresh, new, recent, young”). Compare greenhorn and vinho verde.

Noun

green cheese (countable and uncountable, plural green cheeses)

1. Fresh cheese that has not yet been dried and aged.

   Hypernyms: cheese < dairy product < food

   Coordinate terms: farmer cheese, cottage cheese; cream cheese

   • 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 115:

     GREEN CHEESE SANDWICH: Spread on thin slices of lightly buttered white bread, green cheese grated fine. Put slices together and garnish with a sour pickle.