Brussels

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brussels \Brussels\ prop. n. (Geography)
     The capital city of Belgium. Population (2000) = 949,070
     (metro). It has given its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of
     lace, etc.
     [PJC]
  


     {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        varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Brussels
       n : the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North
           Atlantic Treaty Organization [syn: {Bruxelles}, {Belgian
           capital}, {capital of Belgium}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Brussels, IL (village, FIPS 9148)
    Location: 38.95100 N, 90.58883 W
    Population (1990): 125 (65 housing units)
    Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Brussels, WI
    Zip code(s): 54204

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Brussels, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    141
     Housing Units (2000): 70
     Land area (2000):     0.606699 sq. miles (1.571344 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.606699 sq. miles (1.571344 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            09148
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             38.947275 N, 90.588630 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Brussels, IL
      Brussels