Mozzarella definition
A mild white Italian cheese that has a rubbery texture and is often eaten melted, as on pizza.
noun
A soft, white Italian cheese with a mild flavor, used esp. on pizza, in lasagna, etc.
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Noun
Singular:
mozzarella
Plural:
mozzarellas, mozzarelleOrigin of mozzarella
- Italian diminutive of mozza a cut, mozzarella from mozzare to cut off from mozzo mutilated from Vulgar Latin mutius from Latin mutilis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Italian mozzare (“to cut off") > Latin mutilatis
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