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mozzarella

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Scrabble points
30
Words With Friends
33
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (UK)
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/mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (UK) · /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (US) · /mʌt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (US) · /mut.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (US)

Definition of mozzarella

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
  2. (slang, uncountable)Money.
    “Ooh, yeah, stack that mozzarella, check a big bag / Smack it for an hour, off a thirty, let a bitch bad”
    “Me no rat, I get hella cheddar, I get mozzarella / Take two hundred thousand out the bank ’cause I fucked the teller”
    “Tell a bank teller / This Louis my sweater / Came through with a Baretta / Stack my cheese, that mozzarella”
    “I need the cheese, mozzarella / Rainin outside, I got a Louis umbrella / She ate up my dick like Nutella / I used to be four-fourin at the bank”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare. The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese.

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