Berlin
Berlin , proper noun
(Geography) The capital city of Germany. Population (2000) = 3,471,418.
Berlin ({not transcribed}) , noun
[The capital of Germany]
1.
A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
2.
Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.
Collocations (6)
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.