n.

A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese.

Long a versatile kitchen helper, this lightweight natural cotton cloth won't fall apart when wet and will not flavor the food it touches. Cheesecloth has a multitude of culinary uses including straining liquids, forming a packet for herbs and spices (as with bouquet garni) that can be dropped into a soup or stock pot and lining molds (such as for coeur à la crème). It comes in both fine and coarse weaves and is available in gourmet shops, supermarkets and the kitchen section of many department stores. In Britain it's sometimes called butter muslin.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - osteklæde

Nederlands (Dutch)
kaasdoek

Français (French)
n. - gaze, étamine

Deutsch (German)
n. - Baumwollstoff, dünner Stoff

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τουλ(ου)πάνι

Italiano (Italian)
mussolina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - musselina (f) de algodão

Русский (Russian)
марля

Español (Spanish)
n. - estopilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ostduk, tunt tyg

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
粗棉布, 干酪包布

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 粗棉布, 乾酪包布

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일종의 투박한 무명

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - チーズクロス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قماش قطني خفيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אריג מרושת, גזה‬

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