cheddar
pronunciation
How to pronounce cheddar in British English:
UK [ˈtʃedə]
How to pronounce cheddar in American English:
US [ˈtʃɛdɚ]
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- Noun:
- hard smooth-textured cheese
Word Origin
- cheddar (n.)
- type of cheese, 1660s (but the cheese presumably was made long before that), from Cheddar, village in Somerset, England, where it originally was made, from Old English Ceodre (c.880), probably from ceodor "ravine" (there is a gorge nearby).
Example
- 1. A 100g wedge of cheddar provides about 720mg of calcium .
- 2. He mixed ingredients , hoisted slabs of cheddar - and tasted plenty of his work .
- 3. Popular items include fire-roasted chili and cheddar whole-wheat bread , sun-dried-tomato-and-garlic sourdough , and new york-deli-style rye .
- 4. It looks like cheddar to me , the same stuff I grate over my children 's pasta .
- 5. The french ministry of agriculture is hoping to introduce the hong kong public to cheeses beyond cheddar and camembert .