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.
Slang. money.
The monthly grand prize is $200, and the yearly grand prize is $1,000—that's a lot of cheddar.
(sometimes not capital) any of several types of smooth hard yellow or whitish cheese
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)
First recorded in 1655–65; named after Cheddar, village in Somersetshire, England, where the cheese was first made
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 This type of cheese was originally made in an English town called Cheddar — and it remains the most popular cheese in England, while it's second only to mozzarella in the US.
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A pound of cheddar cheese and a pound of chicken wings both ring up at $3.99.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Finding it was sold out, he reached for Raw Farm’s cheddar, drawn in by packaging that made it seem organic and all-natural.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Tom and his family supplement the ups and downs of the milk market with a successful farm shop, selling their own beef and pork, plenty of famous Somerset cheddar, and even their own raw milk.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Almost everyone agrees that at some point long ago, cheddar became a style of cheese, not a product that has to come from Cheddar, England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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
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
Almost everyone agrees that at some point long ago, cheddar became a style of cheese, not a product that has to come from Cheddar, England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
But it was mostly shot in Axbridge, Cheddar and Winscombe, which all became parts of the fictional village of Colberton for the comedy.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
For 37 straight minutes, we all looked under cars, behind hedges, and around the buildings of the school district administration headquarters for the missing hunk of Cheddar.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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