Swiss cheese


noun
  1. a firm, pale-yellow cheese made originally in Switzerland, typically made from cow's milk and having many holes.

Origin of Swiss cheese

1
First recorded in 1815–25

Words Nearby Swiss cheese

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How to use Swiss cheese in a sentence

  • Food blogger Petrit Husenaj shares his favorite sandwich—Swiss cheese and chocolate.

    Would You Eat This Sandwich? | Petrit Husenaj | October 4, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • A cold leg of chicken, a Swiss cheese sandwich, a piece of apple pie and a bottle of milk would appease hunger when hunger came.

    The Firebug | Roy J. Snell
  • “Carrying barrels of holes from a Swiss cheese factory to be made into crullers,” chuckled Lester.

British Dictionary definitions for Swiss cheese

Swiss cheese

noun
  1. a hard white or pale yellow cheese with holes, such as Gruyère or Emmenthal

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