AMERICAN CHEESE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England

Synonyms:

American cheese; Armerican cheddar; cheddar; cheddar cheese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("American cheese" is a kind of...):

cheese (a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "American cheese"):

rat cheese; store cheese (informal names for American cheddar)