American cheese

English

Noun

American cheese (countable and uncountable, plural American cheeses)

1. A common processed cheese, yellow or white in colour and mild in flavour, with a medium-firm consistency.

   Synonyms: rat cheese, store cheese

   • 1977 August 13, Paula Bennet, “By Her Own Admission — Soap for Straights”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 6, page 9:

     The end result of such efforts is something akin to processed American cheese: smooth, odor-free and entirely without taste.

Translations

common processed cheese with a medium-firm consistency

• Dutch: Amerikaanse kaas
• Finnish: sulatejuusto (fi)
• German: Sandwichkäse m, Toastkäse m (roughly equivalent)
• Portuguese: queijo americano m
• Romainian: brânză americană
• Ukrainian: Американський сир (Amerykansʹkyj syr)