muenster
pronunciation
How to pronounce muenster in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce muenster in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- semisoft pale-yellow cheese
Word Origin
- muenster (n.)
- type of cheese, 1902, from Münster, mountain valley in Alsace, where it is made; the place name is German, literally "minster."
Example
- 1. 1 / 16 A couple of macaw parrots enjoy themselves in their enclosure at a zoo in the western german city of muenster .
- 2. Now in his 40s , with the slovenly build of a " half-melted block of muenster cheese " , he is embittered , occasionally mawkish and complacent ; a " man with many privileges and zero skills . What used to be called an american . "