munster
munster Lexical Profile
munster Game Scores & Validity
• noun
One of the four historical provinces of Ireland, located in the southwestern part of the island and comprising the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford.
A strong-smelling, soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a reddish-orange washed rind, originally produced in the Vosges Mountains of Alsace in northeastern France.
"The cheese board featured a pungent wedge of French Munster paired with crusty sourdough bread and cumin seeds."
A historic independent city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in northwestern Germany, known as the site of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia (usually spelled Münster).
Word Nuance & Usage
In culinary contexts, traditional French 'Munster' is a pungent, soft, washed-rind cheese from Alsace, whereas the American spelling 'Muenster' refers to a much milder, semi-soft cheese with an orange annatto rind.