british : Idioms & Phrases

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british cabinet

  • noun the senior ministers of the British government
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british capacity unit

  • noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
    Imperial capacity unit.
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british capital

  • noun the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
    Greater London; London; capital of the United Kingdom.
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british columbia

  • noun a province in western Canada
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british commonwealth

  • noun an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
    Commonwealth of Nations.
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british crown

  • noun the symbol of the power of the British monarchy
    • members of the British Commonwealth owe allegiance to the British Crown
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british east africa

  • noun the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar
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british empire

  • noun a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand
    • the sun never sets on the British Empire
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british empiricism

  • noun the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century
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british guiana

  • noun a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
    Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Guyana.
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British gum

  • a brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600° Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum in stiffering goods.
Webster 1913

british honduras

  • noun a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control
    Belize.
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british house of commons

  • noun the lower house of the British parliament
    House of Commons.
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british house of lords

  • noun the upper house of the British parliament
    House of Lords.
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british imperial system

  • noun a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
    English system; British Imperial System.
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british isles

  • noun Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
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british labour party

  • noun a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
    Labour Party; Labour; Labor.
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British lion

  • the national emblem of Great Britain.
Webster 1913

british monetary unit

  • noun monetary unit in Great Britain
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british parliament

  • noun the British legislative body
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british people

  • noun the people of Great Britain
    British; Brits.
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british pound

  • noun the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
    pound sterling; pound; quid; British pound.
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british pound sterling

  • noun the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
    pound sterling; pound; quid; British pound.
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British seas

  • the four seas which surround Great Britain.
Webster 1913

british shilling

  • noun a former monetary unit in Great Britain
    bob; shilling.
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british system

  • noun a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
    English system; British Imperial System.
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british thermal unit

  • noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
    BTU; B.Th.U..
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british virgin islands

  • noun more than 40 northeastern Virgin Islands (15 inhabited); a dependent territory of the United Kingdom
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british west africa

  • noun the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast
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british west indies

  • noun the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad
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