affinage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɑfɪˈnɑʒ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Borrowed from French affinage.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
They learned about affinage, the art of aging cheese to pungent perfection, and toured underground cheese caves at Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village.
2007 October 7, Ray Rivera, “Tours Venture Into Forbidden, or Merely Hidden, Territory”, in New York Times: