Feta definition
A white semisoft cheese usually made of goat's or sheep's milk and often preserved in brine.
noun
A variety of curd cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and originating from Greece.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
feta
Plural:
fetasOrigin of feta
- Modern Greek (turi) pheta (cheese) slice from Italian fetta slice from offetta diminutive of *offa from Latin offa morsel of food
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition