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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Edam

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Edam

1836, type of cheese named for Edam, village in Holland where it was originally made. The place name is literally "the dam on the River Ye," which flows into the Ijsselmeer there, and the river name is literally "river" (see ea).

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Edam

Edam may refer to:

  • Edam cheese
  • Edam, Netherlands, a town in Edam-Volendam, after which the cheese is named.
  • Edam, Saskatchewan, a village in Canada
  • Evernote Data Access and Management (EDAM) is a protocol for exchanging Evernote data with the Evernote service.
  • , a Turkish think tank

Usage examples of "edam".

In the days before the Dagor Bragollach those two houses of the Edam were joined at a great feast, when Galdor and Gl?

In the days before the Dagor Bragollach those two houses of the Edam were joined at a great feast, when Galdor and Glóredhel the children of Hador Goldenhead were wedded to Hareth and Haldir the children of Halmir lord of the Haladin.

There was enough rye bread, sweet butter, Edam cheese, lox, smoked turkey, dill pickles, fruit preserves, chocolate, plum pudding, beer, wine, and God knew what else, to keep three people going for a few months.

Zoey told her, and filled her roll with Bavarian ham and thick slices of Edam cheese.

Hixie sipped a Manhattan and sampled the Brie, Camembert, Cheshire, Edam, Gorgonzola, Gouda, Gruyere, Herkimer, Liederkranz, Mozzarella, Muenster, Parmesan, Port du Salut, and Roquefort.