cheddar

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/
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/ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/ · /ˈt͡ʃɛdə/ · /ˈt͡ʃɛdɑːɹ/ · /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/

Definition of cheddar

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  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).
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name

  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.

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Cheddar cheese.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)Money, cash, currency.
    “Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.

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Etymology

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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