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gorgonzola

gorgonzola noun: a blue-veined Italian cheese, made from cow's milk.

gorgonzola: a blue-veined Italian cheese, made from cow's milk
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Noun (1)

gorgonzola (countable and uncountable, plural gorgonzolas)

  1. A blue-veined Italian cheese, made from cow's milk.

Proper noun capitalized: Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola

  1. A city in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

Noun (2) capitalized: Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola (countable and uncountable, plural Gorgonzolas)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of gorgonzola (“cheese”).

Forms of gorgonzola

pluralgorgonzolas
pluralGorgonzolas

Origin of gorgonzola

Borrowed from Italian Gorgonzola, a town in northern Italy where the cheese originated.

Borrowed from Italian Gorgonzola.

Words formed from gorgonzola

Words that rhyme with gorgonzola

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Questions about gorgonzola

What does gorgonzola mean?
Gorgonzola means a blue-veined Italian cheese, made from cow's milk.
What part of speech is gorgonzola?
Gorgonzola can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of gorgonzola?
The plural of gorgonzola is gorgonzolas.

Words near gorgonzola in the dictionary

  1. gorgonopsian
  2. gorgonopsians
  3. gorgonopsid
  4. gorgonopsids
  5. gorgons
  6. gorgonzola
  7. gorgonzolas
  8. gorgosauri
  9. gorgosaurus
  10. gorgosauruses
  11. Gorgota

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