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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Edam n 1: mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering