Advertisement

Advertisement

Bronx

[ brongks ]

noun

  1. the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
  2. a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.


Bronx

/ brɒŋks /

noun

  1. the Bronx
    the Bronx a borough of New York City, on the mainland, separated from Manhattan by the Harlem River. Pop: 1 363 198 (2003 est)


Discover More

Other Words From

  • Bronxite noun

Discover More

Example Sentences

Carranza will be succeeded by Porter, a veteran educator who since 2018 has been the executive superintendent of the Bronx, with 361 schools and 235,500 students.

David Flint and his wife had to check in on her father up in the Bronx.

The NYPD released some video of the shooting about a month ago, soon after ProPublica’s story and after the Bronx district attorney published footage.

Revel, founded in March 2018 by Frank Reig and Paul Suhey, started with a pilot program in Brooklyn and later expanded to Queens, the Bronx and sections of Manhattan.

Davis had spent his whole career in the same Bronx precinct.

“We saw his background and he was a Bronx guy and we started breaking the case,” Boyce says.

Then came Bess Myerson, a daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants who was raised in the Sholem Aleichem Houses in the Bronx.

Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.

“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.

But that would now have to be put on hold because he had been shot in the Bronx.

I had constructed a cage made of osiers, in which my auks were to squat until they arrived at Bronx Park.

Now, in the guise of a perfectly human and genial old gentleman, I scarcely recognized my superior of the Bronx Park society.

Wandering over to the bar alone he had two Martinis and then a Bronx but nothing seemed to happen.

And sure enough Aunt Polly had prepared a jug of delicious Bronx cocktails which all pronounced excellent.

He is a very young officer to be put in charge of a steamer, for I understand that he is ordered 61 to the command of the Bronx.

Advertisement

Word of the Day

gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

Meaning and examples

Start each day with the Word of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


brontosaurusBronx cheer