Bristol

[bris-tl]

noun

1. a seaport in Avon, in southwestern England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.

2. a city in central Connecticut.

3. a township in southeastern Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.

4. a deepwater seaport in eastern Rhode Island.

5. a city in northeastern Tennessee, contiguous to but politically independent of Bristol, Virginia.

6. a city in southwestern Virginia, contiguous to but politically independent of Bristol, Tennessee.

7. a bi-state region comprising the twin cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia.

Bristol

/ ˈbrɪstəl /

noun

1. a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in SW England, created in 1996 from part of Avon county. Pop: 391 500 (2003 est). Area: 110 sq km (42 sq miles)

Example Sentences

"The new fossil shows almost none of what we expected," said Dan Marke, who led the study as part of his MSc in Palaeobiology at Bristol.

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At 17 he became a journalist, first at the Western Daily Press in Bristol, then at the Bristol Evening World, and his work included theater reviews.

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Campaign group Defend Our Juries organised demonstrations in 10 locations on Saturday, including Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham.

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Stoppard became a journalist, initially on the Western Daily Press in Bristol.

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He worked as a journalist in Bristol in 1954 before becoming a theatre critic and writing plays for radio and TV.

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