Cheesecloth meaning

chēzklôth, -klŏth
A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese.
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A thin cotton cloth with a very loose weave.
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A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.
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Origin of cheesecloth

Cheesecloth Sentence Examples

  • Artificial shading, first by laths, and later by cheesecloth, both supported on posts, was then resorted to with eminently satisfactory results.

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