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Wensleydale

Wensleydale

1 7.5
A mild crumbly English cheese from Yorkshire
  • proper noun
  • UK
: Wensleydale
  • You must try the organic poppy seed with the aged Wensleydale cheese.

Examples

Synonyms

farmer's cheese
vsWensleydale
  • US
1 4.0

A mild white cheese made from the curds of soured milk

is yellow and crumblier originating in Yorkshire rather than pressed curd types
farm cheese
vsWensleydale
1 3.0

A mild white cheese made on small farms from the solid part of sour skim milk

is yellow and crumbly rather than white curd pressed on farms
Dunlop
vsWensleydale
  • UK
1 7.4

A mild, slightly sweet cheese made from cow's milk in the Scottish village of Dunlop

is milder and crumbly and comes from Yorkshire rather than Scotland
Cheshire cheese
vsWensleydale
1 4.4

A mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture

is originally made in Yorkshire and is mild and crumbly

How Strong

Roquefort
2 7.6
Stilton
3 4.9
cheddar
50 1.0
Wensleydale
  • UK
1 7.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Wensleydale = Wensley + dale (opaque) = Wensley + dale

Formally a place-name compound of 'Wensley' + 'dale'; the morphological formation is clear.

Etymology

Wensleydale comes from the village name Wensley plus -dale meaning 'valley'. The cheese is called Wensleydale because it was first made in that valley, so the name tells you where the cheese comes from.