cheddar

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UK/ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/US/ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/UK/ˈt͡ʃɛdə//ˈt͡ʃɛdɑːɹ/

noun

A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.

Similar
cheddar cheeseArmerican cheddarAmerican cheese
OriginMiddle English [Term?] ← Old English Ceodre →
Less commonScrabble 14
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Meanings

cheddar1

nouncheddar (countable and uncountable, plural cheddars)

plural cheddars

  1. countableuncountableA cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
  2. countableslanguncountableMoney, cash, currency.

    Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta.

    1996, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Get Money
verbcheddar (third-person singular simple present cheddars, present participle cheddaring, simple past and past participle cheddared)

present singular third person cheddars · participle present cheddaring · participle past cheddared · past cheddared

  1. transitiveTo cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.

Cheddar2

proper noun
  1. A large village and civil parish, previously in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England, famous for its cheese, and also for its gorge, caves and remains of early man found in them (OS grid ref ST4553).
  2. A ghost town in Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
nounCheddar (countable and uncountable, plural Cheddars)

plural Cheddars

  1. countableuncountableCheddar cheese.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England

Similar
cheddar cheeseArmerican cheddarAmerican cheese
Broader
cheese
Also see
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

cheddar · noun, verb

From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”).

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Cheddar · proper noun, noun

  1. Old EnglishCeodre
  2. Middle English[Term?]
  3. EnglishCheddar

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Ceodre, likely from the word ceodor (“cavity, pouch; ravine”), as there is a gorge near the town.

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Translations

Arabic شِيدَر
  • شِيدَر (šidar)cheese
Czech čedar
  • čedarcheese
Finnish cheddar, cheddarjuusto
  • cheddarcheese
  • cheddarjuustocheese
French cheddar
  • cheddarcheese
German Cheddar, Cheddar
  • Cheddarcheese
  • CheddarA village in Somerset, England
Greek Τσένταρ
  • Τσένταρ (Tséntar)A village in Somerset, England
Hindi चेडर
  • चेडर (ceḍar)cheese
Irish céadar
  • céadarcheese
Korean 체다 치즈
  • 체다 치즈 (cheda chijeu)cheese
Polish cheddar, Cheddar
  • cheddarcheese
  • CheddarA village in Somerset, England
Portuguese cheddar
  • cheddarcheese
Russian чеддер
  • чеддер (čedder)cheese
Turkish çedar
  • çedarcheese

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cheddar

shredderspreaderredderEnzedderNZer
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Cite this entry
APA

cheddar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheddar

MLA

“cheddar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheddar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheddar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheddar.

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