bondon

noun bon·don \ (ˈ)bōⁿ¦dōⁿ \

variants: or less commonly bondon cheese

Definition of bondon

plural -s

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

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Origin and Etymology of bondon

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