Port-Salut

[ pawr-suh-loo, pohr-; French pawr-sa-ly ]

noun

1. a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.

Port-Salut

/ pɔrsaly; ˈpɔː səˈluː /

noun

1. a mild semihard whole-milk cheese of a round flat shape Also calledPort du Salut

Word History and Origins

Origin of Port-Salut¹

C19: named after the Trappist monastery at Port du Salut in NW France where it was first made

Example Sentences

The devastation in Port-Salut was hard to overestimate.

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The areas of Port-Salut farther west are the worst hit, with entire stretches of the waterfront washed away.

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PORT-SALUT, Haiti — The loss in this coastal town is all but entire.

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The local hospital has registered 13 deaths since Hurricane Matthew flung 145-mile-per-hour winds and a wall of water at Port-Salut, but many more have died without so much as an official word.

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But in towns like Port-Salut, many have already buried their dead or stopped searching for loved ones carried away in the storm surge.

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