Edam

UK: English: /ˈiːdæm/, Dutch: /ˈeːdam/

US: (ē′dəm, ē′dam; Du. ā däm′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

E•dam  (ē′dəm, ē′dam; Du. ā däm′), n. 

1. Food a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax. Also called E′dam cheese′. 

• after Edam, town in the Netherlands, where it originated 1830–40

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Edam / ˈiːdæm ˈeːdam/ noun

1. a town in the NW Netherlands, in North Holland province, on the IJsselmeer: cheese, light manufacturing. Pop: 28 000 (2003 est; includes Volendam)
2. a hard round mild-tasting Dutch cheese, yellow in colour with a red outside covering