neufchâtel-cheese
ʃəˈtɛl, ˌnyu-, ˈnu noun
a soft, white cheese similar to cream cheese, made from whole or partly skimmed milk in Neufchâtel, a town in N France.
Also called Neufchâtel cheese.
Origin:
1860–65
1860–65
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| —n | |
| a soft creamy whole-milk cheese, similar to cream cheese | |
| [named after Neufchâtel, town in N France where it is made] | |
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Word Origin & History
Neufchatel
"type of soft, white cheese," c.1865, from Neufchâtel, small town in Normandy where it was first made.
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