Bloomingdale

[ bloo-ming-deyl ]

/ ˈblu mɪŋˌdeɪl /

a town in NE Illinois.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

When someone asked who she was wearing, she replied, “Bloomingdale's.”
The White House Goes Glam|Rebecca Dana|November 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I also wrote ad copy for Bloomingdale's, and freelanced for The New York Times magazine.
The Bag Lady Papers|Alexandra Penney|December 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST
As to the first skirmish, it began near the British encampment at Bloomingdale.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn|Henry P. Johnston
Far away to the northeast stretched the level fields of Bloomingdale.
Little Rivers|Henry van Dyke

The Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane is conducted on the most wise and liberal plan known at the present day.
Life Without and Life Within|Margaret Fuller
At the same time three ships of war moved up the Hudson to Bloomingdale, and attacked the works there.
Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15)|Charles Morris
We were four hours going thirty versts, and for three-fourths that distance our route was equal to the Bloomingdale Road.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life|Thomas Wallace Knox