cheesemaker

American  

[cheez-mey-ker] / ˈtʃizˌmeɪ kər /

Or cheese maker

noun

1. a person, company, or apparatus that makes cheese.

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Other Word Forms

• cheese making noun
• cheesemaking noun

Etymology

Origin of cheesemaker

First recorded in 1865–70; cheese ¹ + maker

Example Sentences

Welsh cheesemaker Lewis Relfe struck up a relationship with Ameila Henderson, from Virginia, USA, while playing the Friday the 13th horror video game in 2017.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

"First of all, we're looking at the visual appearance of the cheese: how it looks like from the inside and outside," Polish cheesemaker Kuba Maziarczyk, one of the judges in the final, told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Buechel, the son of a Wisconsin cheesemaker who had become Mackey’s right-hand man, succeeded as CEO after Mackey’s retirement in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

“It is ridiculous,” says fellow cheesemaker Tom Calver, whose cheddar was part of the stolen consignment.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

Tell them how the cheesemaker separates sweet milk into curd and whey.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management by Ontario. Ministry of Education