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cheesecloth

loosely woven carded cotton cloth used primarily in cooking and cheesemaking
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cheesecloth

Summary

cheesecloth ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cheesecloth is a type of cotton fabric[2].
  • cheesecloth is a type of culinary equipment[3].
  • cheesecloth is a type of textile[4].
  • cheesecloth's Commons category is recorded as Cheesecloth[5].
  • cheesecloth's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[6].
  • cheesecloth's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cotton fabric[2], culinary equipment[3], and textile[4].

Why It Matters

cheesecloth ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[1] cheesecloth has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] cheesecloth is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · SpiderMum · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → Q1415859
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → cotton fabric, culinary equipment, textile
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P366]]: [[Q1415859]]"
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