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• cheddar
  cheddar

  noun

  Often Cheddar a hard, smooth-textured cheese, made usually from the whole milk of cows and varying in color from white to deep yellow and in flavor from mild to sharp as it ages.
• Cheddar
  Cheddar

  noun

  (sometimes not capital) any of several types of smooth hard yellow or whitish cheese

cheddar

American  

[ched-er] / ˈtʃɛd ər /

noun

1. Also called cheddar cheese. Often Cheddar a hard, smooth-textured cheese, made usually from the whole milk of cows and varying in color from white to deep yellow and in flavor from mild to sharp as it ages.

2. Slang. money.

   The monthly grand prize is $200, and the yearly grand prize is $1,000—that's a lot of cheddar.

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Cheddar British  

/ ˈtʃɛdə /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) any of several types of smooth hard yellow or whitish cheese

2. a village in SW England, in N Somerset: situated near Cheddar Gorge , a pass through the Mendip Hills renowned for its stalactitic caverns and rare limestone flora. Pop: 4796 (2001)

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Other Word Forms

• cheddary
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of cheddar

First recorded in 1655–65; named after Cheddar, village in Somersetshire, England, where the cheese was first made

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Explanation

Cheddar is a common type of hard cheese. You might use cheddar to make your favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Cheddar ranges in flavor from very mild and smooth to a tangy, sharp taste, and it's color can be anything between a creamy white and a deep orange. This type of cheese was originally made in an English town called Cheddar — and it remains the most popular cheese in England, while it's second only to mozzarella in the US.

Example Sentences

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Spermidine is produced naturally by human cells and is also present in foods including wheat germ, mushrooms, parmesan, and cheddar.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

I’ve made these a dozen different ways: cheddar and chive, goat cheese and red pepper, pizza-inspired, spinach and feta.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

A hungry Grogu uses the Force to steal cheddar ranch tots, garlic chicken fries, a Whopper burger and a blue milkshake.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

British products that will have tariffs removed include cheddar cheese, butter and chocolate.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Barbecue, sour cream and onion, salt and vinegar, cheddar ranch, flaming hot, and I tried to figure out which would be the one that could be most easily beaten by a stick of gum.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

The winning path follows the route of a disused Great Western Railway branch line which ran from Witham Junction to Yatton via Shepton Mallet, Wells and Cheddar.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

As the Somerset village of Merryfield recorded a record high of 36,7C, shoppers in the nearby town of Cheddar spotted empty fridges in the shops.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

I plunked down at a gaming station and embarrassed myself playing “Mario Kart” over a lunch of Diet Coke and Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Cheddar is the classic choice, of course — bright, familiar, endlessly obliging — but there’s a whole constellation of cheeses that melt with equal charisma.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Or maybe it was knowing that he'd done right by Cheddar.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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