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noun
A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream.
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Usage: countable, dated
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noun
Ellipsis of vacherin glacé.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
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History
Borrowed from French vacherin, from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels.
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