Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several types of smooth hard cheese varying in flavor from mild to extra sharp.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England.

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  • proper noun a village in Somerset, England famous for its cheese, and also for its gorge, caves and remains of early man found in them
  • proper noun Cheddar cheese

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made
  • noun hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Cheddar, a village of southwest England.]

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Examples

  • Aged cheddar cheese like Cabot's 50 Percent Reduced Fat Cheddar is lactose-free; Colby, Jack, Swiss and Parmesan are low-lactose options.

    Lactose Free Cheese Recipes Steve Carper 2007

  • A pack of 24 cans of dependable Campbell's Red & White label Cheddar Cheese Soup in the 10. 75-Ounce Cans is dandy for keeping on hand to become a wonderfully flavorful, sauce slow cooking with vegetables, rice or potatoes, pasta, meats and a wide array of other dishes.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • A pack of 24 cans of dependable Campbell's Red & White label Cheddar Cheese Soup in the 10. 75-Ounce Cans is dandy for keeping on hand to become a wonderfully flavorful, sauce slow cooking with vegetables, rice or potatoes, pasta, meats and a wide array of other dishes.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • A pack of 24 cans of dependable Campbell's Red & White label Cheddar Cheese Soup in the 10. 75-Ounce Cans is dandy for keeping on hand to become a wonderfully flavorful, sauce slow cooking with vegetables, rice or potatoes, pasta, meats and a wide array of other dishes.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Campbell's® Pack of 24, 10. 75-Ounce Cans Red & White label Cheddar Cheese Soup is a deliciously uncomplicated product comprising one of the Campbell's line of so called cooking soups.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Campbell's® Pack of 24, 10. 75-Ounce Cans Red & White label Cheddar Cheese Soup is a deliciously uncomplicated product comprising one of the Campbell's line of so called cooking soups.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Campbell's® Pack of 24, 10. 75-Ounce Cans Red & White label Cheddar Cheese Soup is a deliciously uncomplicated product comprising one of the Campbell's line of so called cooking soups.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Campbell's® Pack of 24, 10. 75-Ounce Cans Red & White label Cheddar Cheese Soup is a deliciously uncomplicated product comprising one of the Campbell's line of so called cooking soups.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • A pack of 24 cans of dependable Campbell's Red & White label Cheddar Cheese Soup in the 10. 75-Ounce Cans is dandy for keeping on hand to become a wonderfully flavorful, sauce slow cooking with vegetables, rice or potatoes, pasta, meats and a wide array of other dishes.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • 'There's a flower grows among the rocks called the Cheddar pink.

    The Odd Women George Gissing 1880

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