bristol

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹɪstəl/

Definition of bristol

38 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
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  1. A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
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  5. A populated place in Limón Province, Costa Rica.
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  35. A surname from Old English.

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”).
  2. (countable)A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
    “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.”
  3. (Cockney, plural-normally, slang)A woman's breast
    “Finally the dancer whipped her bikini top off and her bristols fell out. They looked like a pair of slatelayers' nailbags.”

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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.

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6-letter words

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