Meaning & use
semihard
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partially hard; not fully firm, especially describing a category of cheese with a texture between soft and hard.
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Gouda and Edam are classic examples of semihard cheese.
The clay had dried to a semihard state, still workable but no longer soft.
A note on using this word
In cheesemaking, 'semihard' describes cheeses with roughly 40-50% moisture content, firmer than brie but softer than aged parmesan.
Words with a similar meaning
semi-firm
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Words with an opposite meaning
softfully hard
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