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fontinella

fontinella noun: a creamy Italian cheese, somewhat like fontina, sometimes used to make fonduta.

Noun

fontinella (plural fontinellas)

  1. A creamy Italian cheese, somewhat like fontina, sometimes used to make fonduta
    • The easy-to-share $25 selection offers a choice of five from more than a dozen possibilities that include lean prosciutto, bresaola and hot or sweet soppressata (all dewy fresh — no dry end cuts or edges here) as well as cheeses like fontinella, provolone and Gorgonzola served at perfect...2009 October 4, M. H. Reed, “A Trip Through Italy, With Some Surprises”, in New York Times

Forms of fontinella

pluralfontinellas

Questions about fontinella

What does fontinella mean?
Fontinella means a creamy Italian cheese, somewhat like fontina, sometimes used to make fonduta.
What part of speech is fontinella?
Fontinella is a noun.
What is the plural of fontinella?
The plural of fontinella is fontinellas.

Words near fontinella in the dictionary

  1. fonticuli
  2. fonticulus
  3. fontina
  4. fontinal
  5. fontinas
  6. fontinella
  7. fontinellas
  8. fonting
  9. fontless
  10. fontlet
  11. fontlets

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