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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Swiss cheese with large holes wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A valley and district in Bern canton, Switzerland.
2. 2
   Alternative form of Emmentaler (“Swiss cheese with many holes”). alt-of, alternative

   "Well, there are more holes in that argument than in a chunk of Emmental."

Synonyms

All synonyms

cheeseemmentaleremmenthalemmenthalemmenthalerswiss cheese

Example

More examples

"Emmental is a kind of cheese with holes in it."

Etymology

From Alemannic German [Term?] (literally “Emme's valley”), named after the river Emme.

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