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affinage

/ˌɑfɪˈnɑʒ/

affinage noun: the aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.

Noun

affinage (uncountable)

  1. The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
    • They learned about affinage, the art of aging cheese to pungent perfection, and toured underground cheese caves at Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village.2007 October 7, Ray Rivera, “Tours Venture Into Forbidden, or Merely Hidden, Territory”, in New York Times

Origin of affinage

Borrowed from French affinage.

Questions about affinage

What does affinage mean?
Affinage means the aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
What part of speech is affinage?
Affinage is a noun.
How do you pronounce affinage?
Affinage is pronounced /ˌɑfɪˈnɑʒ/ (US).

Words near affinage in the dictionary

  1. affiliatively
  2. affiliatory
  3. affiling
  4. affimer
  5. affimers
  6. affinage
  7. affinal
  8. affination
  9. affine
  10. affine arithmetic
  11. affine combination

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