Limburger cheese

noun

A creamy, soft cheese with a mild taste and a pungent odor.

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Meanings

nounLimburger cheese (countable and uncountable, plural Limburger cheeses)

plural Limburger cheeses

  1. countableuncountableA creamy, soft cheese with a mild taste and a pungent odor.

    Synonyms: Limburger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA creamy, soft cheese with a mild taste and a pungent odor.

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Origin

  1. Dutch and GermanLimburger“of the region of Limburg”
  2. EnglishLimburger cheese

From Dutch and German Limburger (“of the region of Limburg”).

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Limburger cheese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Limburger%20cheese

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Limburger cheese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Limburger%20cheese.

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