cottage cheese

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cottage cheese
    n 1: mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk [syn:
         {cottage cheese}, {pot cheese}, {farm cheese}, {farmer's
         cheese}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cottage \Cot"tage\ (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From {Cot} a cottage.]
   A small house; a cot; a hut.
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   Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the
         poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful
         dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any
         residence or lodging house of rustic architecture,
         irrespective of size.
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   {Cottage allotment}. See under {Alloment}. [Eng.]

   {Cottage cheese}, the thick part of clabbered milk strained,
      salted, and pressed into a ball.
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