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BRISTOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Bristol" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Context examples:
“To Bristol! Is not that a great way off? But, however, I cannot go with you today, because I am engaged; I expect some friends every moment.”
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
While it was previously known that building planets is a violent process and that the compositions of planets such as Earth are distinct, it was not clear that these features were linked, says geochemist Remco Hin from the University of Bristol in the UK.
(Fiery Collisions That Gave Birth to Earth Could Have Evaporated 40% of Our World, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have discovered that technology they have developed which has already been proven to generate electricity through the process of cleaning organic waste, such as urine, also kills bacteria harmful to humans.
(Electricity from Sewage: Process Also Kills Germs, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
From Cleveland, which was within a few miles of Bristol, the distance to Barton was not beyond one day, though a long day's journey; and their mother's servant might easily come there to attend them down; and as there could be no occasion of their staying above a week at Cleveland, they might now be at home in little more than three weeks' time.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Andrew Radford, professor in The School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, and one of the authors of the study, says: We have known for a long time that many organisms use acoustic cues from reefs when finding their way back from the open ocean early in life.
(Loudspeakers used to attract fish back to dying coral reefs, SciDev.Net)
Yes, the Bristol yellowman has been the winning colour of late.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Well,” said the other, “but all the other money's gone now, ain't it? You daren't show face in Bristol after this.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The son, as far as he knew, was in Bristol.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And all the grandeur of the connexion seemed dependent on the elder sister, who was very well married, to a gentleman in a great way, near Bristol, who kept two carriages!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
“Put on your hat this moment—there is no time to be lost—we are going to Bristol. How d'ye do, Mrs. Allen?”
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
