Mozzarella Definition

mŏtsə-rĕlə, mōt-
noun
A soft, white Italian cheese with a mild flavor, used esp. on pizza, in lasagna, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mozzarella

Noun

Singular:
mozzarella
Plural:
mozzarellas, mozzarelle

Origin of Mozzarella

  • Italian diminutive of mozza a cut, mozzarella from mozzare to cut off from mozzo mutilated from Vulgar Latin mutius from Latin mutilis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian mozzare (“to cut off") > Latin mutilatis

    From Wiktionary

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