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Stilton

//ˈstɪltən// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of blue-veined cheese made in England. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Stilton (“type of cheese”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    English blue cheese wordnet
  4. 4
    That which is needed or wanted; the very thing; the ticket. archaic, countable, slang, uncountable

    "That's the Stilton!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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