Gruyere cheese \Gru"y[`e]re` cheese"\ A kind of cheese made at Gruy[`e]re, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as {Schweitzerk[aum]se}. [1913 Webster]
Schweitzerkaumse \Schweit"zer*k[aum]"se\, n. [G. schweizerk[aum]se Swiss cheese.] Gruy[`e]re cheese. [1913 Webster] Schwenkfelder