Gruyère

Gru·yère

G0291600 (gro͞o-yâr′, grē-)n. A nutty, pale yellow, firm cheese made from cow's milk.

[French, after Gruyère, a district of west-central Switzerland.]

Gruyère

(ˈɡruːjɛə; French ɡryjɛr) or

Gruyère cheese

n (Cookery) (sometimes not capital) a hard flat whole-milk cheese, pale yellow in colour and with holes[C19: after Gruyère, Switzerland where it originated]

Gru•yère

(gruˈyɛər, grɪ-; Fr. grüˈyɛr)

n. a firm yellow cow's milk cheese, esp. of France and Switzerland, having small holes. [1795–1805; after Gruyère district in Switzerland where the cheese is made]

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Noun

1.Gruyere - Swiss cheese with small holesSwiss cheese - hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland