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Bristol
Bris′tol
,Noun.
A seaport city in the west of England.
Bristol board
, a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface.
– Bristol brick
, a brick of siliceous matter used for polishing cultery; – originally manufactured at
– Bristol
. Bristol stone
, rock crystal, or brilliant crystals of quartz, found in the mountain limestone near
Bristol
, and used in making ornaments, vases, etc. When polished, it is called Bristol diamond
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Bristol
Bristol
See also: bristol
English
Alternative forms
- Brigstow (obsolete)[1]
- Bristole (obsolete)[1]
- Bristou (obsolete)[1]
- Bristow (obsolete)[1]
- Brizzle (informal)
Proper noun
Bristol
- A city and county in south-west England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
- A surname.
Translations
city in south-west England
Related terms
- Bristol board
- Bristol brick
- Bristol Channel
- Bristol diamond
- Bristolian
- bristoliensis
- Bristol onion
- Bristol rockcress
- Bristol stool chart
- Bristol whitebeam
- shipshape and Bristol fashion
See also
- bristol
- Category:Bristolian English
References
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Bristol (England) in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
bristol
bristol
See also: Bristol
English
Noun
bristol (plural bristols)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A woman's breast, usually as the plural bristols.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:breasts