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Shropshire Blue

Shropshire Blue noun: a kind of blue cheese made from cow's milk and coloured with annatto.

shropshire blue: a kind of blue cheese made from cow's milk and coloured with annatto
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Noun

Shropshire Blue (uncountable)

  1. A kind of blue cheese made from cow's milk and coloured with annatto.

Origin of Shropshire Blue

The cheese was developed in Inverness, Scotland, and was given the name of Shropshire only for marketing purposes.

Questions about Shropshire Blue

What does Shropshire Blue mean?
Shropshire Blue means a kind of blue cheese made from cow's milk and coloured with annatto.
What part of speech is Shropshire Blue?
Shropshire Blue is a noun.

Words near Shropshire Blue in the dictionary

  1. Shropham
  2. Shrops
  3. shropsavine
  4. shropsavines
  5. Shropshire
  6. Shropshire Blue
  7. Shropshires
  8. shroud
  9. shroud knot
  10. shroud knots
  11. shroud-laid

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