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brass
has definitions from the fields of music,chemistry,metallurgy
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[ noun ] (chemistry,metallurgy) an alloy of copper and zinc
Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)He pulled with all his strength at the heavy , brass bound door , and shuffled along the wainscoted wall . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)Looking_around slowly , he saw a marble fireplace , a desk , a low bookcase of mahogany with criss-crossed brass wire instead of glass panes in the doors . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)Each brass handle and hinge shone for his reward , and he knew how to get_at the dust in the china flowers and how to take_down the long glass drops which hung from the chandelier . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)First_of_all , the six figures of the Buddha you heisted - four Siamese heads , a black obsidian statuette in the earth touching position , and a large brass figure of the Dying_Buddha on a teakwood base . The three Indian brass deities , though - Ganessa , Siva , and Krishna - are an altogether different cup_of_tea . |
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[ noun ] (music) a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
Related terms wind_instrument bugle cornet French_horn clarion bass_horn saxhorn trombone baritone flugelhorn valve |
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[ noun ] impudent aggressiveness
Synonyms Examples "I couldn't believe her boldness" "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a governing body and who administer something
Examples "he claims that the present administration is corrupt" "the governance of an association is responsible to its members" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)But in maneuvers , with the top brass watching him all_the_time , it 's easy . |
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[ noun ] an ornament or utensil made of brass
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14394
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[ noun ] (music) the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
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