BRUSSELS

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

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Etymology

Proper noun

Brussels

The capital city of Belgium.

(metonym) The administrative apparatus of the European Union.

Noun

Brussels (plural Brussels)

A Brussels carpet.

Source: Wiktionary

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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– Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.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

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