Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nutty, pale yellow, firm cheese made from cow's milk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of French and Swiss cheese. See
Gruyère cheese , under cheese.
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- noun A hard yellow
cheese originating from Gruyères, Switzerland and made in the cantons of Fribourg.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Swiss cheese with small holes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, after Gruyère, a district of west-central Switzerland.]
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Named after the town of Gruyères, Switzerland.
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