mozzarella

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mozzarella

/mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ UK
/mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ US
/mʌt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ US, uncommon
/mut.səˈɹɛl.ə/ US

Rhymes with -ɛlə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare.

The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese.

noun mozzarellas · mozzarelle

countable, uncountable Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
slang, uncountable Money. Ooh, yeah, stack that mozzarella, check a big bag / Smack it for an hour, off a thirty, let a bitch bad
Similar: cheese, cheddar, ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, ching

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cheese, skim, burrata, mozzarella stick, gorgonzola, ricotta, bocconcini, pizza margherita, parmigiano-reggiano, taleggio, provolone, scamorza, fontinella, maggot cheese, cream cheese, mascarpone

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noun soft Italian cheese

Español	mozzarella, musarela, muzarela, muzarella, muzzarella
한국어	모차렐라 mocharella, 모짜렐라 mojjarella
日本語	モッツァレラ mottsarera, モツァレラ motsarera, モザレラ mozarera, モッツァレッラ mottsarerra
中文	馬蘇里拉 /马苏里拉 mǎsūlǐlā
Português	muçarela, mozarela
Français	mozzarelle, mozzarella
Deutsch	Mozzarella
Italiano	mozzarella
Ελληνικά	μοτσαρέλα motsaréla
Русский	моцаре́лла mocarɛ́lla
العربية	مُوزَارِيلَا mūzārīlā

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@misc{mozzarella_2026,
  title = {mozzarella},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mozzarella},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}