Meaning & use
chèvre cheese
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Meaning
noununcountable
A soft, tangy cheese made from goat's milk, often sold in logs or crumbled over salads.
Grammar: Uncountable for the substance: some chèvre cheese. Countable for types: a mild chèvre cheese.
Patterns
- chèvre cheese with something
- a log of chèvre cheese
She crumbled chèvre cheese over the roasted beets.
The farmers' market sells herb-coated chèvre cheese in small rounds.
A slice of toast spread with chèvre cheese and honey makes a quick snack.
Common combinations
- creamy chèvre cheese
- Creamy chèvre cheese melted nicely into the warm pasta.
- log of chèvre cheese
- He bought a log of chèvre cheese for the party.
- crumbled chèvre cheese
- Crumbled chèvre cheese topped the arugula salad.
- fresh chèvre cheese
- Fresh chèvre cheese tastes tangy and slightly lemony.
Synonyms and how they differ
- goat cheese
- Goat cheese is the plain English term and covers all styles, while chèvre often suggests the soft, fresh French style.
- feta
- Feta is a brined Greek cheese often made with sheep's milk, so it is saltier and firmer than chèvre.
Word family
Commonly confused: chèvre cheese or chevron?
chèvre cheese vs chevron
A chevron is a V-shaped pattern or military stripe and has nothing to do with cheese, although the beginning looks similar.
Practice
Which animal's milk is used to make chèvre cheese?
Choose one answer.
Chèvre is the French word for goat, and chèvre cheese is made from goat's milk. The other animals are used for different cheeses.
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