Edam /ˈidəm, ˈiˌdæm/
  E·dam n., or 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.
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  Edam
       n : mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red
           covering