Tilsit

[ til-zit, -sit ]

/ ˈtɪl zɪt, -sɪt /

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noun

former name of Sovetsk.

a semihard, light yellow cheese made from whole milk, similar in flavor to mild Limburger.

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Words nearby Tilsit

tillite, till money, Tillotson, till the cows come home, Tilly, Tilsit, tilt, tilt at windmills, tilt board, tilth, tilt hammer

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How to use Tilsit in a sentence

She returned at once to Tilsit, her eyes swollen with weeping; but she appeared in a stately dress, and with a smile on her lips.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
To Talleyrand she said, with fine sarcasm, that only two persons regretted her having come to Tilsit—he and she.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
By such hitherto unknown simplicity and address diplomacy at Tilsit was rendered most expeditious.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
The diplomatic intrigues at St. Petersburg were intensely amusing after the peace of Tilsit.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

Napoleon had opened to him at Tilsit a dazzling vista of territorial aggrandizement.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

British Dictionary definitions for Tilsit

Tilsit

/ (ˈtɪlzɪt) /

noun

the former name (until 1945) of Sovetsk

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