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Brass

/bɹɑːs/

A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

📖 Definitions of "Brass"

noun
  1. 1

    A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

  2. 2

    A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; the section of an orchestra that features such instruments

  3. 3

    Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.

  4. 4

    The colour of brass.

verb
  1. 1

    To coat with brass.

adjective
  1. 1

    Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

  2. 2

    Of the colour of brass.

  3. 3

    Impertinent, bold: brazen.

  4. 4

    Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.

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