"Swiss cheese" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Swiss cheese (uncountable)
  1. (informal) Synonym of Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Cheeses Categories (place): Switzerland Synonyms: Emmentaler [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: Swiss-cheesed
    Sense id: en-Swiss_cheese-en-noun-0v-YFvao Disambiguation of Cheeses: 72 19 9 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 34 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 29 16
  2. (colloquial) By extension, any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes. Tags: colloquial, uncountable Translations (cheese with holes): جبنة سويسرية (Arabic), 瑞士起司 (Ruìshì qǐsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 瑞士奶酪 (Ruìshì nǎilào) (Chinese Mandarin), schweizerost [common-gender] (Danish), Zwitserse kaas (Dutch), emmentaljuusto (Finnish), შვეიცარიული ყველი (šveicariuli q̇veli) (Georgian), schweizer Käse (German), ελβετικό τυρί (elvetikó tyrí) [neuter] (Greek), waiūpaʻa Kuikilani (Hawaiian), cáis Eilvéiseach [feminine] (Irish), sveitserost [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sveitserost [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ser szwajcarski [masculine] (Polish), queijo suíço [masculine] (Portuguese), șvaițer [neuter] (Romanian), швейцарский сыр (švejcarskij syr) [masculine] (Russian), queso suizo [masculine] (Spanish), schweizerost [common-gender] (Swedish), שווייצער קעז (shveytser kez) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Swiss_cheese-en-noun-VK1lUkmn Disambiguation of 'cheese with holes': 36 46 18
  3. (figurative, colloquial) Something that is full of holes or vulnerabilities. Tags: colloquial, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Swiss_cheese-en-noun-oDHKNDE6

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