CHEDDAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cheddar mean? 

• CHEDDAR (noun)
  The noun CHEDDAR has 2 senses:

1. a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made

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 hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England

  Familiarity information: CHEDDAR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEDDAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)

Holonyms ("Cheddar" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

American cheese; Armerican cheddar; cheddar; cheddar cheese

Hypernyms ("cheddar" is a kind of...):

cheese (a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cheddar"):

rat cheese; store cheese (informal names for American cheddar)