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Brie

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Brie  (br)
n.
A mold-ripened, whole-milk cheese with a whitish rind and a soft, light yellow center.

[After Brie, a region of northern France.]

brie [briː]
n
(Cookery) a variant spelling of bree1

Brie [briː]
n
1. (Cookery) a soft creamy white cheese, similar to Camembert but milder
2. (Placename) a mainly agricultural area in N France, between the Rivers Marne and Seine: noted esp for its cheese
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Brie - soft creamy white cheeseBrie - soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
Translations
Brie brie [ˈbriː] nbrie m


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One must eat every day, and the finest Alexandrine verses are not worth a bit of Brie cheese.
The meal was to finish with an enormous fromage de Brie, which stood near the window and added fragrant odours to all the others which filled the studio.
It might have been a little corner of Brie, so hidden away in a great fold of the land, that at first sight its existence would not be suspected between the little town and the mountains that closed the country round.
 
 
 
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