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Definition of Gruyere
1. Noun. Swiss cheese with small holes.
Definition of Gruyere
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 Gruyere
1. a Swiss cheese [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gruyere
Literary usage of Gruyere
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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