Limburger
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- noun
- /ˈlɪmbɜrɡər/
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Limburger
- Only cheese called "Limburger" comes from Wisconsin, while other areas have a similar cheese.
- Limburger cheese
Examples
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Suddenly, the entire train car smelled like the dreaded Limburger.
Blog text (14) -
Incidentally, Limburger cheese was first made in the Netherlands by monks.
Academic text (2000) -
The Limburger is excellent today.
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Afterwards, she would buy some Limburger cheese, and we would go home.
Blog text (14) -
The only Limburger I've eaten was made in Belgium from whole raw milk.
Blog text (25) -
Couldn't we substitute monterey jack for Limburger cheese?
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Red tipped his hat and headed to the bar for a couple of beers and sandwiches, some Koehlers, liverwurst and ketchup, limburger and onion on rye.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Limburger is excellent today.
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A Limburger by any other name might smell as sweet, but would it sell as well?
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Incidentally, Limburger cheese was first made in the Netherlands by monks.
Synonyms
A soft American cheese with a very strong smell and taste
A cheese with a very strong, unpleasant smell like a skunk
A type of cheese with a very strong bad smell
How Pungent
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Limburger comes from the place Limburg and the ending -er, which means 'from'. So Limburger simply means a cheese 'from Limburg', which is why the name refers to that soft cheese with a very strong smell.