Definition of Gruyère

1. Noun. Swiss cheese with small holes.

Generic synonyms: Swiss Cheese

Definition of Gruyère

1. Noun. A hard yellow cheese originating from Gruyères, Switzerland and made in the cantons of Fribourg. ¹

2. Noun. Gruyère cheese ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gruyère

1. a Swiss cheese [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruyère

Grub Street
Grubb's test
Grubb's tests
Gruber's cul-de-sac
Gruber's method
Gruber's reaction
Gruber-Landzert fossa
Gruber-Widal reaction
Gruidae
Gruiformes
Grundyism
Grus
Grus americana
Gruyere
Gruyère (current term)
Gryme
Grymes
Gryms
Grynfeltt
Grynfeltt's triangle
Grypsera
Græcaster
Græcian
Græcians
Græcism
Græcisms
Græco-
Grévy's zebra
Grévy's zebras

Literary usage of Gruyère

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

1. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1869)
"... commencement of a chain of mountains, which culminate in the Diablerets in the centre and extend to the heights of Gruyere at the feet of the spectator. ..."

2. The Counts of Gruyère by Anna De Koven (1916)
"CHAPTER IX THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF GRUYERE HE three sons of Count Jean II not strangely reflected the conditions of their birth and the widely differing ..."

3. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"Diablotins au Gruyere. Put a gill of milk in a stewpan with two ounces of butter, when boiling stir in two spoonfuls of flour, keep stirring over the fire ..."

4. Pan-Pacific Cook Book: Savory Bits from the World's Fare by Linie Loyall McLaren (1915)
"EGGS GRUYERE Chop a quarter of a pound of gruyere cheese fine and melt in a cup of hot chicken broth with a tablespoon of butter; add a teaspoon of onion ..."

5. The Belgian Cook-book by Brian Luck (1915)
"pepper; when it is very thick add grated Gruyere cheese, ... Butter all the rounds and sprinkle them with grated cheese — for preference with Gruyere. ..."

6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"1609); and annotated editions of Pliny's epistles, and of the works of Seneca, Cicero, Livy, Plan- tua, Ovid, &c. GRUYERE ..."

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