cheddar

Other forms of cheddar

plural

cheddars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cheddar

What does cheddar mean?

cheddar means "a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cheddar?

cheddar has 2 syllables: ched-dar. The stress falls on "ched". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɛdɚ/.

What is another word for cheddar?

Close synonyms include cheddar cheese, Armerican cheddar, American cheese. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cheddar a common word?

cheddar is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.