Found 2 items, similar to Berlin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Berlin
Berlin
n 1: capital of Germany located in eastern Germany [syn:
German capital
]
2: United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more
than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)
[syn:
Irving Berlin,
Israel Baline]
3: a limousine with a glass partition between the front and
back seats
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Berlin
Berlin
\Ber"lin\, n. [The capital of Prussia]
1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind
the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th
century, at Berlin.
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2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called
also
Berlin wool.
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Berlin black, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead
surface; -- used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
--Ure.
Berlin blue, Prussian blue. --Ure.
Berlin green, a complex cyanide of iron, used as a green
dye, and similar to Prussian blue.
Berlin iron, a very fusible variety of cast iron, from
which figures and other delicate articles are
manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered in
imitation of bronze.
Berlin shop, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and
the materials for such work.
Berlin work, worsted embroidery.
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