English Explanatory Dictionary

Stilton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
noun
  1. A type of blue-veined cheese made in England.
  2. That which is needed or wanted; the very thing; the ticket.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Stilton (“type of cheese”).

Pronunciation

/ˈstɪltən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Stilton.wav

Word forms

Stilton Stiltons

Etymology

Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold.

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