Stilton

Stil·ton

(stĭl′tən)

A rich, semisoft, cow's milk cheese with a blue-green mold and a wrinkled rind.

[After Stilton, a village of east-central England.]

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Stilton

(ˈstɪltən)

(Cookery) trademark either of two rich cheeses made from whole milk, blue-veined (blue Stilton) or white (white Stilton), both very strong in flavour

[C18: named after Stilton, Cambridgeshire, where it was originally sold]

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Stil•ton

(ˈstɪl tn)

Trademark. a rich white cheese, veined with mold: made principally in England. Also called Stil′ton cheese′.

[after Stilton, a town in Huntingdonshire, where it was first sold]

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Stilton - English blue cheese

bleu, blue cheese - cheese containing a blue mold

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