a whitish-yellow semihard whole milk cheese, often flavoured with caraway or aniseed
Word origin
after Muenster, Haut-Rhin, France
muenster in American English
(ˈmʌnstər, ˈmun-)
noun
(often cap)
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk
Word origin
[1900–05; after Müenster in France (Haut-Rhin)]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cathode-ray tube, desensitize, hookup, internship, throwaway