Stilton
pronunciation
How to pronounce Stilton in British English:
UK [ˈstɪltən]
How to pronounce Stilton in American English:
US [ˈstɪltən]
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- Noun:
- English blue cheese
Word Origin
- Stilton (n.)
- 1736, cheese made famous by a coaching inn at Stilton on the Great North Road from London, the owner being from Leicestershire, where the cheese was made. Since 1969 restricted to cheese made in Leicester, Derby, and Nottingham counties by members of the Stilton Cheese Makers Association. The place name is in Domesday Book as Stichiltone and probably means literally farmstead or village at a stile or steep ascent.
Example
- 1. Lost treasure of the emerald eye ( geronimo stilton )
- 2. How could you have called stilton ponsy .
- 3. Meanwhile , milklink , the uk dairy co-operative , this year became the first british cheese maker to export stilton to china , targeting urban chinese as well as western expats .
- 4. A match was held at stilton where both men fought for an hour .
- 5. I 've bought a large stilton cheese to eat over the christmas holidays .