blue cheese

American  

noun

blue cheeses plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• blue cheeses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of blue cheese

First recorded in 1920–25

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• Roquefort vs. blue cheese

Example Sentences

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blue cheese

Think whipped ricotta and blue cheese on crisp oil-toasted sourdough, topped with muddled olives, garlic, lemon and orange zest, fresh basil, olive brine, and a little red pepper flake.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Top it with sliced olives, flaky salt, and crumbles of blue cheese if you’re feeling ambitious.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

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

I dip a Buffalo wing into a cup of blue cheese.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi