Definitions

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  • noun A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk.

Etymologies

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From Camembert, the Normandy village where it originated.

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Examples

  • "That they use our savoir-faire, that's great .. but why give it the name camembert?"

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • In the final part of a series on the challenges facing international production of raw milk cheeses such as camembert, DairyReporter. com looks at the difficulty facing processors in the province of Quebec regarding health concerns.

    FoodProductionDaily RSS 2009

  • Mould-ripened cheeses such as camembert, brie and stilton.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2008

  • Mould-ripened cheeses such as camembert, brie and stilton.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2008

  • Mould-ripened cheeses such as camembert, brie and stilton.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2008

  • Mould-ripened cheeses such as camembert, brie and stilton.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2008

  • 'Damned' pizza from Hell Pizza - it has avocado, camembert, cashews, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, onions and pineapples.

    Archive 2009-04-01 zombietron 2009

  • But while the family of northwest Italian chocolatiers has the financial muscle to do so, it appears reluctant to clash openly with the Besnier family that owns Lactalis, which dominates France's brie and camembert markets but—thanks to Italian ricotta and other cheeses it makes in Lombardy—actually outsells Parmalat in Italy.

    Italy Takes Step to Hold Up Foreign Takeovers Christopher Emsden 2011

  • The ship's Signatures restaurant features French classics such as quiche au camembert and foie gras terrine.

    Savoring the Seven Seas Rhea Wessel 2011

  • Alsatian foie gras rivals that of the Dordogne, while the locals prefer their pungent Munster cheese sprinkled with cumin seeds to camembert or brie.

    Budget bourguignon: cheap eats in France 2011

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  • I think I'm liquefying like an old Camembert.

    Gustave Flaubert

    February 26, 2010