bristol

CEFRB2

/ˈbɹɪstəl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A city in southwest England.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Several places in Canada:, A former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, merged into the town of Florenceville-Bristol in 2008.

Examples

  • I am actually Welsh but I am living in Bristol.

  • It's about halfway between London and Bristol.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A woman's breast

More examples

In context

  • Two singles to Bristol, please.

  • Finally the dancer whipped her bikini top off and her bristols fell out. They looked like a pair of slatelayers' nailbags.

  • In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English Bristowe, 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.