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Cheddar¹
- /ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/ US
- /ˈt͡ʃɛdə/ UK
- /ˈt͡ʃɛdɑːɹ/
Rhymes with -ɛdə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Ceodre, likely from the word ceodor (“cavity, pouch; ravine”), as there is a gorge near the town.
proper noun
- 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).
- A ghost town in Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
noun Cheddars
- Cheddar cheese.
cheddar²
- /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛdə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”).
noun cheddars
- A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
- Money, cash, currency. Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta.
verb cheddars · cheddaring · cheddared
- To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cheddar cheese, store cheese, cheese, rabbit, cheddar gorge, chetnole, cherington, cheddleton, street, chelwood, charfield, chilcompton, chettle, cheddington, priddy, stilton
Translations
Talk about this word "cheddar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cheddar. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. cheddar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cheddar "cheddar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cheddar.Cite this
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year = {2026},
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