Definition of Camembert

1. Noun. Rich soft creamy French cheese.

Generic synonyms: Cheese

Definition of Camembert

1. n. A kind of soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made.

Definition of Camembert

1. Proper noun. A village in Basse-Normandie, France, famous for being the place where camembert cheese was invented. ¹

2. Noun. A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Camembert

Camden
Camdenite
Camdenites
CamelCase
Camelidae
Camelina
Camelina sativa
Camellia State
Camellia japonica
Camellia sinensis
Camelopardalis
Camelot
Camelus
Camelus bactrianus
Camelus dromedarius
Camembert (current term)
Cameron
Cameronian
Cameronians
Cameronite
Cameronites
Cameroon
Cameroon franc
Cameroonian
Cameroonian Pidgin English
Cameroonians
Cameroons
Cameroun
Camford
Camilla

Literary usage of Camembert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Brie is usually slightly thinner than Camembert but larger in diameter, ... Each Camembert cheese is always enclosed in a close-fitting wooden box to ..."

2. The Book of Cheese by Charles Thom, Walter Warner Fisk (1918)
"The Camembert group. — The soft cheeses ripened by molds are French in origin. ... Of the series, the most widely known is Camembert, which will be ..."

3. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"... are similar to Roquefort in Appearance and contain the same mold—Penicillium roqueforti. Camembert CHEESE.—The soft cheeses are best represented t>\ ..."

4. Sandwiches by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer (1912)
"Spread this between slices of buttered bread, press together, trim the crusts, and cut into fingers. Camembert Sandwiches Spread Camembert cheese ..."

5. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1916)
"Camembert), and in still others molds permeate the whole curd, and are, perhaps, ... The ripening of Camembert cheese, for example, has been carefully ..."

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