serac Synonyms & Antonyms
/sɛˈɹæk/
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Serac as a Noun
1
Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cow milk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. It is usually eaten grated, mixed with butter, or in a fondue.
2
A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.
Word Forms & Grammar
serac (plural seracs)
Words That Rhyme With Serac
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Origin of Serac
From Swiss French sérac (“kind of cheese; sharp tower of ice”), from Franco-Provençal sera, seré, from Latin seraceum, from serum (“whey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow, run”). Sense 2 is from the resemblance of the towers of ice to the cheese, which tends to cleave into rectangular pieces.[1]
Serac: Key Facts
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /sɛˈɹæk/ |
| Meaning | Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed… |
| Plural | seracs |