bleu

Thân thiện

A wedge of bleu cheese sits on a wooden cutting board.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cheese containing a blue mold: "Bleu" refers to a type of cheese characterized by veins of blue, blue-green, or grey-blue mold, which gives it a distinctive sharp, salty, and often pungent flavor.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The salad was topped with crumbled bleu. (The salad was topped with crumbled blue cheese.)
  • She prefers a strong bleu like Roquefort on her crackers. (She prefers a strong blue cheese like Roquefort on her crackers.)
  • This recipe calls for four ounces of bleu. (This recipe calls for four ounces of blue cheese.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bleu" as a culinary term: Often used in restaurant menus and recipes, particularly in phrases like "bleu cheese dressing" or "steak au poivre with a bleu cheese sauce."
  • The wedge salad is served with a house-made bleu cheese dressing. (The wedge salad is served with a house-made blue cheese dressing.)

Variants and Related Words

• Blue cheese (n): The more common English term for "bleu." They are synonyms.
  • Bleu is simply the French word for "blue," used in English for this cheese.
• Bleu cheese (n): A common compound form using the target word.
  • He ordered the burger with bleu cheese and bacon.

Synonyms

• Blue cheese: The direct English equivalent.
• Fromage bleu: The full French term, sometimes used in English contexts.

Related Phrases

• Bleu cheese dressing: A creamy salad dressing or dip made with blue cheese, buttermilk, mayonnaise, and other seasonings.
  • Would you like ranch or bleu cheese dressing with your wings?
• Bleu d'Auvergne, Bleu de Gex, Bleu des Causses: Specific protected names for French blue cheeses from particular regions.
  • Bleu d'Auvergne is a famous French blue cheese from the Auvergne region.

Học thuật

Noun

1. cheese containing a blue mold

Từ đồng nghĩa

• blue cheese