Word: Brazil
How to pronounce: brəˈzɪl
Proper noun
Definitions:
1. The largest country in South America, in the east-central part of the continent, on the Atlantic Ocean; population 207,900,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Brasilia; official language, Portuguese.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A large three-sided nut with an edible kernel, several of which grow inside a large woody capsule. Brazil nuts grow on a South American forest tree, and most are harvested in the wild.
Example sentences: "Other foods to stay clear of are tree nuts (such as almonds, cashews, Brazils, hazelnuts and walnuts), sesame seeds, fish, shellfish, eggs and dairy produce."
2. A hard red wood obtained from a tropical tree and from which dyes may be obtained.
Example sentences: "Many were impossible for Huguette to do by herself, such as the engraving of a cross in rock-hard Brazil wood or the levitation of crosses and relics by invisible means."
Synonyms:
brasil
Derivations:
Brazilian
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Brazil in Other Languages...
Spanish: Brasil
German: Brasilien
French: Brésil
Italian: Brasile
Turkish: Brezilya
