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Definition of Brussels

Brussels
Brussels Brus"sels, n. 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 Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.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.

Meaning of Brussels from wikipedia

- Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced [bʁysɛl] or [bʁyksɛl] ; Dutch: Brussel [ˈbrʏsəl] ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de...
- The Brussels sprout is a member of the Gemmifera cultivar group of cabbages (Br****ica oleracea), grown for its edible buds. Though native to the Mediterranean...
- northeast of Brussels. Also informally known as Brussels-National Airport (Luchthaven Brussel-Nationaal, Aéroport de Bruxelles-National) or Brussels-Zaventem...
- University of Brussels may refer to several institutions in Brussels, Belgium: Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), a French-speaking university established...
- The City of Brussels is the largest muni****lity and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the Flemish Region (from...
- Brussels attack may refer to: The 1979 Brussels bombing The 2016 Brussels bombings The 2016 Brussels stabbing attacks The 2017 Brussels-Central bombing...
- Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier and largest airline of Belgium, based and headquartered at Brussels Airport. It operates to over 100 destinations...
- .brussels is a generic top-level domain for Brussels, Belgium. Registry DNS Belgium, who are also responsible for .be, got permission to operate this...
- the Walloon Region (Wallonia) in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region in the middle. Brussels is the smallest region but also the most densely po****ted...
- Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (French: Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Dutch: Parlement van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest)...