Apr 24, 2018 cheese ˈchēz 1 syllable common ‹ noun.a food consisting of the coagulated, compressed, and usually ripened curd of milk separated from the whey cinematic cheese noun.an often cylindrical cake of this food noun.something resembling cheese in shape or consistency verb.to put an end to: stop noun.someone important › Origin Middle English chese, from Old English cēse, from Latin caseus cheese.