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cheddar

/ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
ched-dar
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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).

name

A ghost town in Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

noun

Cheddar cheese.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Money, cash, currency.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

verb

To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Ceodre, likely from the word ceodor (“cavity, pouch; ravine”), as there is a gorge near the town.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/
  • British English: /ˈt͡ʃɛdə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Cheddars (plural) cheddars (present, singular) cheddaring (participle, present) cheddared (participle, past) cheddared (past)

Derived Forms

cheddarella cheddaring cheddarlike cheddary

Phrases

Cheddar cheese Cheddar pink stiff cheddar

Synonyms

cheddar cheese armerican cheddar american cheese

Rhymes With

header shredder spreader fedor eder vedder redder feder tedder deader raeder schraeder

Questions

How do you pronounce cheddar?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɛdɚ/.
What does cheddar mean?
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).
Where does cheddar come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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