Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Berlin wool.
- n. A four-wheeled closed carriage having an open, hooded seat behind.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large four-wheeled carriage with a suspended body, two interior seats, and a top or hood that can be raised or lowered: so called because first made in Berlin, in the seventeenth century, from the designs of an architect of the elector of Brandenburg.
- n. A knitted glove.
- n. See birlin.
- n. A dance similar to a polka (which see).
- n. A fine kind of dyed wool used for knitting fancy articles, tapestry, etc.
- n. A variety of boxed sleigh, used for passengers or goods.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
- n. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also
Berlin wool .
WordNet 3.0
- n. capital of Germany located in eastern Germany
- n. a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats
- n. United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)
Etymologies
- From the name of the German capital city, where it was invented in the 17th century. (Wiktionary)
- After Berlin , Germany. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Wld like to take credit for the crowds, the 200,000 in berlin, but can't, represented a symbol of america returning to our best traditions.”
“April 23, 2006 20: 44 travelmate: thank you very much. i live in berlin and love the city. and i like the music you choose for this site.”
“May 04, 2004 arcane workings yesterday i got a call from my dad telling me that my nana had gone to see the dr. about a persistent cold, had collapsed at the dr's and been taken to hospital, seriously ill. i was shocked, because while i didn't know my grandfather too well, nana has always been there, sweet and generous and spoiling all of us grandkids to death. i just can't imagine nana not being there to slip me a handlful of sweets and loose change from the depths of her bottomless handbag. i had a moment of irrational panic, cos i just sent off my passport (they insist upon originals unless i fancy a trip to geneva to get my stuff authenticated by an official) to the australian embassy in berlin in order to get an oz passport for lola in preparation for our trip back home in august. what if i had to fly back in a rush?!”
“Last year, at the twilight dvd release party in berlin, charlie bewley and daniel cudmore where there as well, though it was for twilight. i think it’s nice that the german fans got to know bryce.”
“In the berlin was his mother, who offered me the welcome given to an expected friend.”
“Others, such as those proposing to launch ". berlin" and other city gTLDs, pointed out that while ICANN wrings its hands over trademarks, city names are "the oldest, strongest, and most powerful brands mankind has ever created".”
“The use of domain names will also eventually include municipal suffixes, such as ". berlin,”
“The use of IDNs will expand over time to include all types of suffixes, such as ". berlin",”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘berlin’.
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
bywoner, byssus, byssiferous, byssaceous, byrnie, butyric, butyraceous, buttery, buteonine, bunting, burdet, broma and 582 more...
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Glove-making
Words from the art of making gloves.
trank, fourchette, mocha, forget, forgette, welt, doeskin, cheveril, kid, sallow, mousquetaire, berlin and 1 more...
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dandy's list
favourite words
cattywampus, wibble, fenagle, whisker, sneeze, wisteria, honeysuckle, clove, perihelion, glimmer, twilight, dusk and 264 more...
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If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-...
Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
The title is an actual name given to a Puritan boy in the 17th century.faith, hope, grace, charity, chastity, prudence, patience, temperance, river, phoenix, stone, violet and 455 more...
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je les adore!
fusillade, foal, celestial, abattoir, byzantium, berlin, casablanca, babylon, balkans, albion, avalon, between the devil... and 471 more...
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Alles ganz verschieden
Listed various words that have come into my mind. Will edit them at some point - honestly.
dog-gold, shoulderlooker, mr. considering, the pigwoman, stevie is waiting, chingwybodganpwy, thelandscapeisstu..., couchsurfing, cappuccinodrinking, meat-eater, posher, mae rhaid i fi fynd and 581 more...
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states of mind: from absurdistan to zion
Countries, lands, cities that capture, or haunt, our dreams. Some of the places listed might be the names of actual localities, but here they are states of mind.
absurdistan, banana republic, utopia, mitteleuropa, new jerusalem, deseret, canaan, zion, ruritania, outer slobovia, lower slobovia, avalon and 126 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, B
bloviate, bejesus, brouhaha, behoove, bodacious, bamboozle, banshee, bub, bolus, blob, bubbly, bleb and 414 more...
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How do you like Kipling?
Words which fit the joke format: "How do you like X-in(g)? I don't know, I've never X-ed".
kipling, duckling, fingerling, groundling, chickling, chitterling, changeling, gosling, yearling, hireling, inkling, quisling and 98 more...
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Addenda to the 1923 Printing of Webst...
Many of these words first came into common usage during World War I, and reflect not only the technological and scientific leaps of the early part of the 20th century, but the new experience of glo...
abri, ace, acidosis, airdrome, air fleet, airplane, air raid, airworthy, altimeter, anaphylaxis, anociassociation, anti-aircraft and 292 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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I like: B
babylon, bacchus, balkans, basilica, bavaria, behemoth, belfast, berlin, beyond the pale, bifrost, bifurcate, bismarck and 24 more...
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Passport to Upstate New York
See the world by visiting these Upstate New York villages, towns, and cities!
russia, troy, florence, barcelona, alexandria, waterloo, cairo, genoa, canton, syracuse, carthage, copenhagen and 37 more...
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The Barouche List: Need a Ride?
Bilby says I should have one. Even though most of these are on my other lists (the ones that weren't, I didn't really want to list).
barouche, buggy, carriage, cabriolet, randem, berlin, victoria, surrey, herdic, hansom, rockaway, cariole and 74 more...
Tweets
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rolig First we take Manhattan; then we take Berlin!
– Leonard Cohen May 17, 2009
chained_bear Usage on barouche. Oct 21, 2008