brazil
/bɹəˈzɪl/ noun A1- 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.
- A Brazil nut. · I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.
- A seam of coal containing iron pyrites
Plural brazils
From the library
Silva, is from Brazil.
Learn brazil in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.