Meaning of grilled cheese | Babel Free

Definitions

A cheese sandwich typically toasted or fried in butter.

Canada, US, countable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“I'll have a grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup, please.”

“—Do you like grilled cheese? —I love grilled cheese! Especially with bacon and tomato!”

“Third, when you go to lunch today, instead of ordering a steak, ask for a grilled cheese.”

“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.”

“We sat out among the sidewalk tables, and I had a grilled cheese with bacon.”

“I passed on the healthy stuff and had a grilled cheese.”

“Stewie: Does anybody wanna buy my shirt? [pause] I'll trade you my shirt for a grilled cheese!”

“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.”

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