stracchino

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noun

A type of Italian cow's-milk cheese, typical of Lombardy

OriginItalian stracchino →
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Meanings

nounstracchino (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of Italian cow's-milk cheese, typical of Lombardy

    The menu is from Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy, with plates of delicate, fragrant gnocco fritto, or yeasty, pillow-shaped fritters, served alongside dabs of stracchino cheese or fans of salume: coppa, mortadella, salami and silky prosciutto di Parma.

    2007 January 21, “The Hungry Stroller”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Italianstracchino
  2. Italianstracchino
  3. Englishstracchino

Borrowed from Italian stracchino.

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Chicago

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