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cheese noun : the curd of milk usu. pressed into cakes and cured for use as food

cheese·burg·er noun : a hamburger topped with cheese

cheese·cake noun 1 : a dessert consisting of a creamy filling usu. containing cheese baked in a shell

2 : photographs of shapely scantily clad women

cheese·cloth noun : a lightweight coarse cotton gauze

cheese·par·ing noun : miserly economizing

— cheeseparing adjective

cheese·steak noun : a sandwich of thinly sliced beef topped with melted cheese

cheesy adjective chees·i·er; -est 1 : resembling, suggesting, or containing cheese

2 slang : CHEAP 3

chee·tah noun [ORIGIN: Hindu cītā leopard, fr. Skt citraka, fr. citra bright, variegated]

: a large long-legged swift-moving spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia

chef noun 1 : a cook who manages the kitchen (as of a restaurant)

2 : a person who prepares food for eating : COOK

chef d'oeu·vre noun, plural chefs d'oeuvre : MASTERPIECE

chem abbreviation chemical; chemist; chemistry

1chemical adjective 1 : of, relating to, used in, or produced by chemistry

2 : acting or operated or produced by chemicals

— chem·i·cal·ly adverb

2chemical noun : a substance obtained by a chemical process or used for producing a chemical effect

chemical engineering noun : engineering dealing with the industrial application of chemistry

chemical warfare noun : warfare using incendiary mixtures, smokes, or irritant, burning, or asphyxiating gases

chemical weapon noun : a weapon used in chemical warfare

che·mise noun 1 : a woman's one-piece undergarment

2 : a loose straight-hanging dress

chem·ist noun 1 : one trained in chemistry

2 British : PHARMACIST

chem·is·try noun, plural -tries 1 : the science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the changes they undergo

2 : chemical composition or properties

3 : a strong mutual attraction; also : harmonious interaction among people (as on a team)

che·mo noun : CHEMOTHERAPY

che·mo·ther·a·py noun : the use of chemicals in the treatment or control of disease

— che·mo·ther·a·peu·tic adjective

che·nille noun [ORIGIN: F, lit., caterpillar, fr. OF, fr. L canicula, dim. of canis dog]

: a fabric with a deep fuzzy pile often used for bedspreads and rugs

cher·ish verb 1 : to hold dear : feel or treat with care and affection

2 : to keep deeply in mind

— cher·ish·able adjective

— cher·ish·er noun

Synonyms

[1] adore, love, worship—more at LOVE

[1] appreciate, love, prize, treasure, value—more at LOVE

[2] bear, entertain, harbor, have, hold, nurse—more at HARBOR

Cher·o·kee noun, plural Cherokee or Cherokees : a member of an American Indian people orig. of Tennessee and No. Carolina; also : their language

che·root noun : a cigar cut square at both ends

cher·ry noun, plural cherries [ORIGIN: ME chery, fr. AF cherise, cirice (taken as a plural), fr. LL ceresia, fr. L cerasus cherry tree, fr. Gk kerasos]

1 : the small fleshy pale yellow to deep blackish red fruit of a tree related to the roses; also : the tree or its wood

2 : a moderate red

chert noun : a rock resembling flint and consisting essentially of fine crystalline quartz and fibrous chalcedony

— cherty adjective

cher·ub noun 1 plural cher·u·bim : an angel of the 2d highest rank

2 plural cherubs : a chubby rosy person

— che·ru·bic adjective

chess noun : a game for two played on a chessboard with each player having 16 pieces

— chess·man noun

chess·board noun : a checkerboard used in the game of chess

chest noun 1 : a box, case, or boxlike receptacle for storage or shipping

2 : the part of the body enclosed by the ribs and sternum

— chest·ed adjective

— chest·ful noun

Synonyms

box, caddy, case, casket, locker, trunk; also footlocker; safe, safe-deposit box

ches·ter·field noun 1 : an overcoat with a velvet collar

2 : a large sofa usu. with upright armrests

chest·nut noun 1 : the edible nut of any of a genus of trees related to the beech