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brazils

brazils is the plural of brazil.

Meaning of brazil

Noun

brazil (plural brazils)

  1. (obsolete) A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.
    • A small Quantity of Saffron will Tinct more then a very great Quantity of Brasil.1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum
  2. The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata.
    • The Prouince Brasilia tooke his name of the woode called Brasill.1594, Thomas Blundeville, Exercises
  3. A Brazil nut.
    • I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.
  4. A seam of coal containing iron pyrites

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Proper noun capitalized: Brazils

Brazils

  1. (plural) plural of Brazil
  2. (historical, with-definite-article) (17th c.–early 20th c.) the colonies in the region of modern-day Brazil.
    • I had once a mind to have gone to the Brazils and have settled myself there, for I was, as it were, naturalised to the place[…]1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

Questions about brazils

What does brazils mean?
Brazils means (17th c.–early 20th c.) the colonies in the region of modern-day Brazil.
What is brazils the plural of?
Brazils is the plural of brazil.
What part of speech is brazils?
Brazils is a proper noun.

Words near brazils in the dictionary

  1. brazillions
  2. Brazilophile
  3. Brazilophilia
  4. Brazilophilic
  5. Brazilophobia
  6. brazils
  7. brazilwood
  8. brazilwoods
  9. brazing
  10. brazings
  11. Brazoria

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