English Explanatory Dictionary

Bristol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
  2. Several places in Canada:
  3. A former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, merged into the town of Florenceville-Bristol in 2008.
  4. A municipality of the Ouataouais region, Quebec, Canada.
  5. A community in Region of Queens municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  6. A populated place in Limón Province, Costa Rica.
  7. A populated place in Cornwall County, Jamaica.
  8. A populated place in Loreto department, Peru.
  9. Several places in the United States:
  10. An unincorporated community in Prowers County, Colorado.
  11. A suburban city in Hartford County, Connecticut.
  12. A small city, the county seat of Liberty County, Florida.
noun
  1. Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”).
  2. A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
noun
  1. A woman's breast

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɪstəl/ En-uk-Bristol.ogg

Word forms

Bristol Bristole Brigstow Bristou Bristow Brizzle Bristols

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Brigstow, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more. The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

Synonyms

Bristol board

Related words

bristol

Derived words

Bristol Bay Bristol blue glass Bristol board Bristol brick Bristol Channel Bristol County Bristol diamond Bristol glaze Bristolian Bristol onion Bristol paper Bristol pound Bristol rockcress Bristol sound Bristol stool chart Bristol Township Bristol whitebeam shipshape and Bristol fashion
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