often capitalized
: a hard white, yellow, or orange smooth-textured cheese with a flavor that ranges from mild to strong as the cheese matures
called also cheddar cheese
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The sammy comes with a small bag of chips — plain or cheddar cheese sour cream.
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Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
For cheddar biscuit fans, the restaurant at 3707 McCain Blvd.
—Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
The sweet corn bibingka is a sweet and savory corn rice cake with a cream cheese center and topped with shredded white cheddar.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
In another, roasted winter squash tango with buttermilk cheddar.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
For cheddar biscuit fans, the restaurant at 3707 McCain Blvd.
—Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
The sweet corn bibingka is a sweet and savory corn rice cake with a cream cheese center and topped with shredded white cheddar.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
In another, roasted winter squash tango with buttermilk cheddar.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Cheddar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheddar. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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named for Cheddar, village in England where the cheese was first made
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