longhorn cheese

Variant of longhorn

longhorn definition

long·horn (-hôrn′)

noun

  1. any of a breed of long-horned cattle raised in great numbers in the Southwest in the 19th cent. and later crossed with English stock to create improved beef and dairy breeds
  2. ☆ a mild, typically orange-colored Cheddar cheese, shaped during manufacture in long, cylindrical molds
    in full longhorn cheese

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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