"cheddary" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cheddary [comparative], most cheddary [superlative]
Etymology: cheddar + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cheddar|y}} cheddar + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} cheddary (comparative more cheddary, superlative most cheddary)
  1. Resembling cheddar cheese in taste, texture, etc. Translations (Translations): cheddarinen (Finnish), cheddarmainen (Finnish), cheddarartig [rare] (German), cheddarowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cheddary-en-adj-yRsdeCmJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

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