variants
often Cheddar
: 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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First course, cheese fondues (choice of one), bourbon bacon cheddar, queso salsa fresca or green Goddess cheddar.
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
His snack obsessions, meanwhile, include Ruffles chips—cheddar cheese and sour cream flavors.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2025
Ford, who lived in Astoria, was a regular at Little Flower, too, and Zaman and Ghiasi enlisted him to revamp the café’s pastry menu, devising items such as a jalapeño-cheddar tart with halal beef bacon.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Dish soap is a staple in most kitchens thanks to its grease-fighting power and ability to clean up pretty much any mess from cheddar-cheese casseroles to chilis, or coconut cream pies.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
His snack obsessions, meanwhile, include Ruffles chips—cheddar cheese and sour cream flavors.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2025
Ford, who lived in Astoria, was a regular at Little Flower, too, and Zaman and Ghiasi enlisted him to revamp the café’s pastry menu, devising items such as a jalapeño-cheddar tart with halal beef bacon.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Dish soap is a staple in most kitchens thanks to its grease-fighting power and ability to clean up pretty much any mess from cheddar-cheese casseroles to chilis, or coconut cream pies.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Cheddar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheddar. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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named for Cheddar, village in England where the cheese was first made
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