The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gruyere cheese
Gruyere cheese \Gru"y[`e]re` cheese"\ A kind of cheese made at Gruy[`e]re, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerk["a]se.
Usage examples of "gruyere cheese".
From the cupboard he took a half loaf of bread, some Spanish onions, and a polythene bag containing Gruyere cheese.
If they thought I was floundering about down there, riddled like a Gruyere cheese, then they wouldn't be looking for me up here.