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cheddar cheese

cheddar cheese

12 1.0
A hard, smooth cheese with a strong taste commonly used in cooking and sandwiches
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɛdər tʃiz/
translation icon : queso cheddar
  • Mix in the blue cheese dressing, chicken, and Cheddar cheese.
  • shredded cheddar cheese
  • grated cheddar cheese
  • sliced cheddar cheese

Because she discovered that they contain cheddar cheese but no mozzarella.

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Examples

  • I used the sharpest Cheddar cheese I could find.

    Of Unknown Origin (1983)

  • Then I added some shredded cheddar cheese, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to the potatoes.

    Blog text (19)

  • We love just the basic cheddar cheese for sandwiches and things.

  • I was thinking about making fondue with cheddar cheese for dinner tonight.

    Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

  • Consuming a compact portion of cheddar cheese and fruit is the best way to do that.

    Blog text (4)

  • Serve it with hunks of bread and maybe a slab of sharp cheddar cheese thrown across the top.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Top with grated cheddar cheese and a nice layer of the chicken/veggie mixture.

    Blog text (34)

  • Chunky zucchini, fresh green onion, sour cream, and shredded Cheddar cheese are sure to make this your favorite chili recipe.

    Blog text (8)

  • Since then, the cooperative has swelled to 1,800 families across New England, churning out award-winning cheddar cheese, yogurt, sour cream, and butter.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I was thinking about making fondue with cheddar cheese for dinner tonight.

Synonyms

cheddar
vscheddar cheese
50 1.0

A hard, smooth cheese with a strong, sharp taste

is the same in meaning but uses the fuller two-word form

Surface Forms

cheddar cheese singular
cheddar cheeses plural

Morphology

cheddar + cheese

The meaning is directly compositional: 'cheddar' specifies the variety and 'cheese' names the product, so the phrase denotes a type of cheese. This type-of naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent noun + noun compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Cheddar cheese comes from the village of Cheddar in England, where farmers made and aged large wheels of cheese in cool caves. Because those cheeses were famous, the name Cheddar came to mean 'a hard, smooth cheese' and is used all over the world today.