bondon

noun

bon·​don

(ˈ)bōⁿ¦dōⁿ

variants or less commonly bondon cheese

plural -s

: a cheese resembling a bung in form and made in Neufchâtel, France

Word History

Etymology

French bondon, literally, bung, from bonde bung, from (assumed) Gaulish bunda; akin to Middle Irish bond, bonn sole of the foot, Latin fundus bottom

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