Meaning & use
Tilsit cheese
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A firm, pale yellow cheese with small holes, originally made in East Prussia, now also produced elsewhere.
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Tilsit cheese has a slightly tangy flavor and a semi-hard texture.
I bought a wedge of Tilsit cheese to go with the rye bread.
A note on using this word
Tilsit is a type of cheese, not a brand. It is often capitalized because it comes from a place name (Tilsit, now Sovetsk in Russia).
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