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noun
a mellow light-colored, Italian cheese, usually smoked after drying.
Also called provolone cheese.
Origin:
1945–50; < Italian, equivalent to provol(a) kind of cheese (of debated origin) + -one augmentative suffix
1945–50; < Italian, equivalent to provol(a) kind of cheese (of debated origin) + -one augmentative suffix
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Word Origin & History
provolone
1946, from It., augmentative of provola "cheese made from buffalo milk," from M.L. probula, of uncertain origin.
EXPAND"Il nome non ha una derivazione precisa. L'etimologia, secondo alcuni, fa pensare alla parola napoletana prova-provola con cui in Campania viene indicato il classico latticino di bufala a pasta filata, da consumarsi fresco." ["Dieta Mediterranea"]
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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provolone
cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy. Provolone, like mozzarella, is a plastic curd cheese; the curd is mixed with heated whey and kneaded to a smooth, semisoft consistency, often molded into fanciful shapes such as pigs, fruits, or sausages. The brown, oily rind of provolone is wrapped in cords, which impress grooves in the rind, and hung to ripen. They are often seen on display in Italian food shops. The creamy yellow interior of provolone is smooth and pliable.
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