provolone

[ proh-vuh-loh-nee ]

noun
  1. a mellow light-colored, Italian cheese, usually smoked after drying.

Origin of provolone

1
1945–50; <Italian, equivalent to provol(a) kind of cheese (of debated origin) + -one augmentative suffix
  • Also called provolone cheese .

Words Nearby provolone

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How to use provolone in a sentence

  • As for the provolone, notable for the water-buffalo milk that makes it, there's an example of really grown-up milk.

    The Complete Book of Cheese | Robert Carlton Brown
  • Inspired by the pear-shaped provolone and Baby Gouda, no doubt.

    The Complete Book of Cheese | Robert Carlton Brown

British Dictionary definitions for provolone

provolone

/ (ˌprəʊvəˈləʊnɪ) /


noun
  1. a mellow, pale yellow, soft, and sometimes smoked cheese, made of cows' milk: usually moulded in the shape of a pear

Origin of provolone

1
Italian, from provola, apparently from Medieval Latin probula cheese made from buffalo milk

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