Phrase guide

Cheddar cheese

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A variety of hard, pale yellow cheese originally produced in the region around Cheddar in Somerset, England.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any similar cheese made anywhere in the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cheddar, Armerican cheddar, American cheese

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cheese

Narrower terms: rat cheese, store cheese

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 車打芝士 /车打芝士 — cheese
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車打乾酪 /车打干酪 (Chēdǎ gānlào) — cheese
  • Danish: Cheddar ost — cheese
  • Dutch: Cheddar — cheese
  • Esperanto: ĉedaro — cheese
  • Finnish: cheddarjuusto — cheese
  • Finnish: cheddar — cheese
  • French: fromage Cheddar — cheese
  • French: cheddar — cheese
  • Galician: cheddar — cheese
  • Georgian: ჩედერი (čederi) — cheese
  • German: Cheddar — cheese
  • German: Cheddarkäse — cheese
  • Greek: Τσένταρ (Tséntar) — cheese
  • Greek: τυρί Τσένταρ (tyrí Tséntar) — cheese
  • Hawaiian: waiūpaʻa keka — cheese
  • Hebrew: צ׳דר — cheese
  • Indonesian: keju Cheddar — cheese
  • Irish: cáis chéadair — cheese
  • Italian: formaggio Cheddar — cheese
  • Japanese: チェダーチーズ (Chedā-chīzu) — cheese
  • Korean: 체다 치즈 (Cheda chijeu) — cheese
  • Maltese: Ċedder — cheese
  • Norwegian: Cheddarost — cheese
  • Polish: cheddar — cheese
  • Portuguese: cheddar — cheese
  • Russian: чеддер (čéddɛr) — cheese
  • Russian: сыр чеддер (syr čéddɛr) — cheese
  • Slovak: Čedar — cheese
  • Spanish: Cheddar — cheese
  • Swedish: cheddar — cheese
  • Swedish: cheddarost — cheese
  • Turkish: çedar — cheese
  • Turkish: çedar peyniri — cheese
  • Welsh: caws Cheddar — cheese