Well attestedNamed from the place
Cheddar cheese
noun · first attested 16th century
The most copied cheese name in the world belongs to one small Somerset village.
A firm cow's milk cheese ripened after the curd is cut, stacked, and turned.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 16th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Cheddar
- In English
Cheddar cheese
Cheese was matured in the caves of Cheddar Gorge and traded at the village market by the sixteenth century, and the cheddaring step still carries the name. The bare word is unprotected and the cheese is made on every continent, though West Country Farmhouse Cheddar holds a European protected designation.
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