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grilled cheese en · NOUN

Etymology

The syntax around the term's usage supports the idea that it originated as an ellipsis of grilled cheese sandwich.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, countable, usually) A cheese sandwich typically toasted or fried in butter.
   • I'll have a grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup, please.
   • He lunched on grilled cheese in Toronto and sashimi in Tokyo and had the chance to stick his finger in a true-to-life Dutch dike in Almere, Holland. 2009 December, in Dwell, ISSN 1530-5309, Volume 10, Number 2 (December 2009/January 2010), page 28
   • I passed on the healthy stuff and had a grilled cheese. 2001, Terry Bisson, The Pickup Artist, Macmillan, published 2002, →ISBN, page 23:
   • Third, when you go to lunch today, instead of ordering a steak, ask for a grilled cheese. 1970, “Time”, in Time Inc., volume 96, numbers 1-9, page 43:
   • Stewie: Does anybody wanna buy my shirt? [pause] I'll trade you my shirt for a grilled cheese! 2008 March 2, Danny Smith, “Play It Again”, in Family Guy, season 6 episode 10, 14:44-14:50:
   • A man of impeccable class, he also buys ready-made suits on sale and would as soon have grilled cheese and iced tea as coq au vin. 1973 September, Anne Crawford and Jack Keever, “John Connally Between the Acts”, in Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, Volume 1, Issue 8 (September, 1973), page 44
   • We sat out among the sidewalk tables, and I had a grilled cheese with bacon. a. 2000, C. Bard Cole, “Young Hemingways”, in Briefly told lives, Macmillan, published 2000, →ISBN, page 120:
   • —Do you like grilled cheese? —I love grilled cheese! Especially with bacon and tomato!

Forms

Hypernyms

sandwich

Synonyms

cheese toastie (grilled cheese sandwich) · toasted cheese (grilled cheese sandwich) · snackwich (grilled cheese sandwich) · grilled cheese sandwich (grilled cheese sandwich)

Translations (10)

yi געבראָטענע קעז־שניטקע (toasted cheese sandwich) · es emparedado de queso fundido (toasted cheese sandwich) · he טוסט גבינה (toasted cheese sandwich) · pl tost (toasted cheese sandwich) · he טוסט (toasted cheese sandwich) · fr toast au fromage (toasted cheese sandwich) · tr tost (toasted cheese sandwich) · de gegrilltes Käsesandwich (toasted cheese sandwich) · fi grillattu juustovoileipä (toasted cheese sandwich) · yi געפּרעגלטע קעז־שניטקע (toasted cheese sandwich)