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Look up: Edam

  1. Edam
    [n] - mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. edam
    a Dutch pressed cheese of yellow colour made in balls (Websters) Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Edam
    E'dam noun , or Edam cheese A Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; -- so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/8

  4. Edam
    noun mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Edam
    • Alt. of Edam cheese
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. Edam
    dorp (village) in northwestern Netherlands, on the IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel). Named for the dam built on the Ye, which joined the Purmer Lake (now ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/9

  7. Edam
    semisoft cow`s-milk cheese of Holland, usually molded in 2 to 4 pound (0.9 to 1.8 kilogram) spheres and coated in red paraffin; Edam is also ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/9

  8. Edam
    Edam is a Dutch, traditional creamery semi-soft or hard cheese made from cow's milk. Edam is made as a sphere, being pressed into shape, and covered with a distinctive red wax, though a black wax is put onto Edam which has been matured for at least 17 weeks.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Edam
    Edam (ādäm') , town (1994 pop. 25,640), North Holland prov., N central Netherlands, on IJsselmeer lake; chartered 1357. It is a picturesque town that attracts many tourists. Edam is noted for its cheese.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A081

  10. Edam
    Town in the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer, North Holland province; municipality population (1997), including town of Volendam 26,500. Founded as a customs post in the 13th century, Edam's prosperity in the 16th and 17th centuries was based upon its cheese trade; it still produces round cheeses covered in red wax
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  11. Edam
    (cheese) `Edam` (Dutch Edammer) is a Dutch cheese traditionally sold in spheres with a pale yellow interior and a coat of red paraffin wax. It is named after the town of Edam in the province of North Holland, where the cheese is coated for export sale and for the tourist high season. E...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edam



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