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camembert
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Word definitions for camembert in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Camembert \Ca`mem`bert"\, n., or Camembert cheese \Camembert cheese\ A kind of rich, soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Camembert is a soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow 's milk cheese . It was first made in the late 18th century at Camembert , Normandy in northern France .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of soft, rich cheese, 1878, from name of village near Argentan, Normandy, where it originally was made. The place name is Medieval Latin Campus Maimberti "field of Maimbert" (a West Germanic personal name).
Usage examples of camembert.
Smithback quickly shoved a wedge of Camembert into his mouth, holding it between his teeth, realizing suddenly that he was eating while the biggest event he’d ever seen was being handed him on [326] a silver platter.
If Carlson said the moon was made of Camembert, they would insist it was cheddar.
Pickering said, as he selected a Wisconsin Camembert from the display of cheeses, "that the 26th Cavalry in the Philippines just shot their horses?
He blamed it then on everything that had happened the day before, plus the Camembert, the wine, and the cognac.
The Bear ate a light mealfor himof veal in cream sauce with mushrooms, rösti, a side salad, just a little French bread with un-salted butter, and Camembert, all washed down with a modest liter of Viti, a Merlot of a most agreeable quality from Ticino.
And yet when 1 sleep what reeking Stiltons, what slobbering camemberts and farting gorgonzolas come and ooze across my sleep.
While the morning watch wore on, Lorgan escorted the Blue Capes to an exquisite private dining room, where they snacked on rare Bries, Bel Paeses, Camemberts, Munsters, and Tilsters with delicate crackers and fruit wedges.
Dillow had already removed our dishes and brought in small plates with Camembert cheese and wheat wafers.
Caviar, petits fours, a wedge of camembert cheese, and most important, champagne cooling in a silver bucket.
Most of the windows were broken, the cream facing tiles covered by huge patches of fungus, and the whole complex looked like an over-ripe camembert cheese.
I'm not surprised really, it's pretty much what I expected, and I take comfort from the fact that it's an ambiguous warning, albeit only very, very slightly ambiguous - it's not you, Brian, it's the mushrooms - the implication being that if she'd ordered a different appetiser, the deep-fried Camembert for instance, then we'd have already made love by now.
Hixie sipped a Manhattan and sampled the Brie, Camembert, Cheshire, Edam, Gorgonzola, Gouda, Gruyere, Herkimer, Liederkranz, Mozzarella, Muenster, Parmesan, Port du Salut, and Roquefort.