(phonology, rare) Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature”)

A northwestern county of England, bordered by the Rivers Mersey and Dee, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wrexham and Flintshire.

A fictional cat with a broad fixed grin, made popular by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).

A dense and crumbly cheese produced in the English county of Cheshire.

plural of Cheshire cheese

One of 10 counties in New Hampshire, United States. County seat: Keene. Named after the county of Cheshire in England.

A unitary authority area in Cheshire, England, created in 2009 with the amalgamation of the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe and Nantwich.

A local government district with borough status, called a unitary authority, in Cheshire, England, created in 2009 when Ellesmere Port and Neston district, Vale Royal district and the City of Chester were abolished.

(simile) To smile broadly, especially in a self-satisfied way.