hard cheese

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hard cheese

noun hard cheeses

  1. countable, uncountable A type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time.

    Opposite: soft cheese, cream cheese

  2. countable, uncountable Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, cheese.

interjection

  1. idiomatic, informal An unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune.

    Similar: bad luck, hard lines, hard luck, stiff cheddar, tough break, tough cookie, tough cookies, tough luck, tough noogies, tough titty, tough titties, tough toenails

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noun A standard type of firm, ripe cheese

DeutschHartkäse, Trockenkäse
Русскийтвёрдый сыр tvjórdyj syr
العربيةجُبْن يَابِس jubn yābis

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@misc{hard_cheese_2026,
  title = {hard cheese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hard%20cheese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}