BRUSSELS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brussels mean? 

• BRUSSELS (noun)
  The noun BRUSSELS has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  Familiarity information: BRUSSELS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUSSELS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Belgian capital; Brussels; Bruxelles; capital of Belgium

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Brussels" is a part of...):

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

 Context examples 

Of the riders one was young, graceful, and fair, clad in plain doublet and hosen of blue Brussels cloth, which served to show his active and well-knit figure.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You see that plant behind the animal; I suppose you thought it was a dandelion or a Brussels sprout—what?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A member of the family of vegetables that includes broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, and turnips.

(Brassica vegetable, NCI Dictionary)

We made our way to Brussels that night and spent two days there, moving on upon the third day as far as Strasburg.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

DIM is found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, and kale.

(DIM, NCI Dictionary)

A phytonutrient and plant indole found in cruciferous vegetables including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kale, with potential anti-androgenic and antineoplastic activities.

(Diindolylmethane, NCI Thesaurus)

Diindolylmethane is found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, and kale.

(Diindolylmethane, NCI Dictionary)

"All the Brassicas — be they Indian mustard, broccoli or Brussels sprouts — make these pungent, sulfur-smelling compounds, the glucosinolates," Jez said.

(Is a milder mustard on the way?, National Science Foundation)

Brassica vegetables, including broccoli, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, turnip and cauliflower, contain a significant amount of glucosinolates.

(Brassica vegetable, NCI Thesaurus)

By that day you will be the business manager of the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited, with a hundred and thirty-four branches in the towns and villages of France, not counting one in Brussels and one in San Remo.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)