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PARMESAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Parmesan mean?
• PARMESAN (noun)
The noun PARMESAN has 1 sense:
1. hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated
Familiarity information: PARMESAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Parmesan" is a kind of...):
cheese (a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk)
Context examples
And you never saw me take snuff, the reason being that in my snuff-box I carry a piece of Parmesan cheese—a cheese made in Italy, very nutritious.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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