blue cheese

American  

noun

1. a rich cheese in which the internal mold manifests itself in blue veins: made in France especially from sheep's milk and elsewhere also from cow's milk and goat's milk.

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blue cheese British  

noun

1. Also called (Austral and NZ): blue vein.  cheese containing a blue mould, esp Stilton, Roquefort, or Danish blue

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Etymology

Origin of blue cheese

First recorded in 1920–25

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• Roquefort vs. blue cheese

Example Sentences

For most of the past week, that referred almost entirely to the salsa, guacamole, and blue cheese dressing for Super Bowl snacks.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

And Joq is genuinely fascinated by the way hickory smoke mellows and rounds out a pungent blue cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

It has made blue cheese, mozzarella and soft cheese, but argues the proteins in dairy don't make as big a difference in taste.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

At the window, ready to be served: insalata estiva, a tangle of arugula with pistachios, figs and blue cheese, dressed in lemon and pecorino.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

One of the women had taken to sleeping in Weese's bed, and she got a piece of ripe blue cheese as well, and a wing off the capon that Weese had spoken of that morning.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin