Cheddar cheese

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A variety of hard, pale yellow cheese originally produced in the region around Cheddar in Somerset, England. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England wordnet
  3. 3
    Any similar cheese made anywhere in the world. countable, uncountable

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"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."