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Cheddar

2 stages from English to English.

Today it means a firm, pale yellow cheese, originally made in Somerset, England
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Stage 1 of 2
Cheddar
English · medieval
"an English village name"
a village in Somerset, England, where the cheese was first produced
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Stage 2 of 2
cheddar
English · 1500s
"a firm, sharp English cheese"
settled as the name for the firm, sharp cheese made in the village's style
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