Meanings
plural Cheddar cheeses
- countableuncountableA variety of hard, pale yellow cheese originally produced in the region around Cheddar in Somerset, England.
Hundreds of examples remain, still following the same general pattern—maroon, green or chocolate brown, for example, from ground to waist level, then a stale Cheddar cheese shade of cream above.
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 253Synonyms: Cheddar, cheddar cheese, cheddar
- countableuncountableAny similar cheese made anywhere in the world.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA variety of hard, pale yellow cheese originally produced in the region around Cheddar in Somerset, England.
More synonyms by meaning
nounhard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 車打芝士 /车打芝士
- 車打芝士 /车打芝士cheese
Chinese Mandarin 車打乾酪 /车打干酪
- 車打乾酪 /车打干酪 (Chēdǎ gānlào)cheese
Danish Cheddar ost
- Cheddar ostcheese
Dutch Cheddar
- Cheddarcheese
Esperanto ĉedaro
- ĉedarocheese
Finnish cheddarjuusto, cheddar
- cheddarjuustocheese
- cheddarcheese
French fromage Cheddar, cheddar
- fromage Cheddarcheese
- cheddarcheese
German Cheddar, Cheddarkäse
- Cheddarcheese
- Cheddarkäsecheese
Greek Τσένταρ, τυρί Τσένταρ
- Τσένταρ (Tséntar)cheese
- τυρί Τσένταρ (tyrí Tséntar)cheese
Hawaiian waiūpaʻa keka
- waiūpaʻa kekacheese
Hebrew צ׳דר
- צ׳דרcheese
Indonesian keju Cheddar
- keju Cheddarcheese
Irish cáis chéadair
- cáis chéadaircheese
Italian formaggio Cheddar
- formaggio Cheddarcheese
Japanese チェダーチーズ
- チェダーチーズ (Chedā-chīzu)cheese
Korean 체다 치즈
- 체다 치즈 (Cheda chijeu)cheese
Norwegian Cheddarost
- Cheddarostcheese
Polish cheddar
- cheddarcheese
Portuguese cheddar
- cheddarcheese
Russian чеддер, сыр чеддер
- чеддер (čéddɛr)cheese
- сыр чеддер (syr čéddɛr)cheese
Slovak Čedar
- Čedarcheese
Spanish Cheddar
- Cheddarcheese
Swedish cheddar, cheddarost
- cheddarcheese
- cheddarostcheese
Turkish çedar, çedar peyniri
- çedarcheese
- çedar peyniricheese
Welsh caws Cheddar
- caws Cheddarcheese
Cite this entry
Cheddar cheese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheddar%20cheese
“Cheddar cheese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheddar%20cheese. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cheddar cheese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheddar%20cheese.
Source: Cheddar cheese on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.