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E·dam

(ē′dəm, ē′dăm′)

A mild, yellow Dutch cheese, pressed into balls and usually covered with red wax.

[After Edam, a town in the western Netherlands.]

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Edam

(ˈiːdæm; Dutch ˈeːdam)

1. (Placename) a town in the NW Netherlands, in North Holland province, on the IJsselmeer: cheese, light manufacturing. Pop: 28 000 (2003 est; includes Volendam)

2. (Cookery) a hard round mild-tasting Dutch cheese, yellow in colour with a red outside covering

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E•dam

(ˈi dəm, ˈi dæm)

n.

a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.

[1830–40; after Edam, town in the Netherlands, where it originated]

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Edam - mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering

cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

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Edam

[ˈiːdæm] N (also Edam cheese) → queso m de Edam, queso m de bola

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