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stilton

/ˈstɪltən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
stil-ton
IPA
/ˈstɪltən/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

noun

A type of blue-veined cheese made in England.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is needed or wanted; the very thing; the ticket.

Archaic; Countable; Slang; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Stilton (“type of cheese”).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Stiltons (plural)

Rhymes With

milton hilton wilton chilton tilton hylton bilton kilton

Questions

How do you pronounce stilton?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɪltən/.
What does stilton mean?
A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).
Where does stilton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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