Stilton

UK: /ˈstɪltən/ US: (stil′tn)

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Stil•ton  (stil′tn), [Trademark.]

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

• after Stilton, England, where it was first sold 1730–40

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Stilton / ˈstɪltən/ noun

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

Etymology: 18th Century: named after Stilton, Cambridgeshire, where it was originally sold