"cheddar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-cheddar.oga Forms: cheddars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdə(ɹ) Etymology: From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Cheddar cheese}} Cheddar cheese, {{m|en|cheese|t=wealth}} cheese (“wealth”), {{noncog|fa|چیز|t=thing|tr=čiz}} Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cheddar (countable and uncountable, plural cheddars)
  1. A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cheeses Translations (cheese): شِيدَر (šidar) [masculine] (Arabic), شيدر (šedar) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), čedar [masculine] (Czech), cheddar (Finnish), cheddarjuusto (Finnish), cheddar [masculine] (French), cheddar [masculine] (Galician), Cheddar [masculine] (German), céadar [masculine] (Irish), 체다 치즈 (cheda chijeu) (Korean), че́дар (čédar) [masculine] (Macedonian), cheddar [masculine] (Polish), czedar [masculine] (Polish), cheddar [masculine] (Portuguese), чеддер (čedder) [masculine] (Russian), çedar (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cheddar-en-noun-A4oUbueP Disambiguation of Cheeses: 60 5 35 Disambiguation of 'cheese': 100 0
  2. (slang) Money, cash, currency. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cheddar-en-noun-bztd8-2q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cheddaring

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-cheddar.oga Forms: cheddars [present, singular, third-person], cheddaring [participle, present], cheddared [participle, past], cheddared [past]
Rhymes: -ɛdə(ɹ) Etymology: From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Cheddar cheese}} Cheddar cheese, {{m|en|cheese|t=wealth}} cheese (“wealth”), {{noncog|fa|چیز|t=thing|tr=čiz}} Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cheddar (third-person singular simple present cheddars, present participle cheddaring, simple past and past participle cheddared)
  1. (cheese making) To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.
    Sense id: en-cheddar-en-verb-sYvIm5sI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 11 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 10 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 9 75

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      "rhymes": "-ɛdə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-cheddar.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/En-cheddar.oga/En-cheddar.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-cheddar.oga",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheddar"
}

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