Cheshire

[chesh-er, -eer]

noun

1. Formerly Chester. a county in NW England. 899 sq. mi. (2,328 sq. km).

2. a town in central Connecticut.

3. Also called Cheshire cheese,. Also called Chester. a hard cheese, yellowish, orange, or white in color, made of cow's milk and similar to cheddar.

Cheshire

¹

/ ˈtʃɛʃɪə, ˈtʃɛʃə /

noun

1. Ches. a former administrative county of NW England; administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East: low-lying and undulating, bordering on the Pennines in the east; mainly agricultural: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Warrington and Halton, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Area 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)

Cheshire

²

/ ˈtʃɛʃə /

noun

1. Group Captain ( Geoffrey ) Leonard . 1917–92, British philanthropist: awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II; founded the Leonard Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Disabled: married Sue, Baroness Ryder

Example Sentences

The Reverend Charlotte Cheshire also has the Ockenden alert on her notes, and is waiting for it to be added to those of her 14-year-old son, Adam.

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Rev Cheshire has to attend frequent medical appointments with Adam, who is autistic, including for his profound learning difficulties, as well as hearing and sight impairments.

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A secondary school in Cheshire has been shut to deep clean the building after high levels of pupil sickness.

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Cheshire East Council said it was liaising with the school to understand the impact on staffing, but at this stage most absences related to pupils.

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And when he discovered neighbours on his Cheshire street had also been receiving suspicious mail they soon found out they were likely being targeted as part of a wider, sophisticated money laundering scam.

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