Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgian capital, capital of Belgium
(noun) the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Brussels
The capital city of Belgium.
(metonym) The administrative apparatus of the European Union.
Brussels (plural Brussels)
A Brussels carpet.
Source: Wiktionary
Brus"sels, n.
Definition: A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc. Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern.
– Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads.
– Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.
– Brussels net, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery.
– Brussels point. See Point lace.
– Brussels sprouts (Bot.), a plant of the Cabbage family, which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous small green heads, or "sprouts," each a cabbage in miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the thousand-headed cabbage.
– Brussels wire ground, a ground for lace, made of silk, with meshes partly straight and partly arched.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
