Edam

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Edam \E"dam\, n., or Edam cheese \Edam cheese\
     A mild 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.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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