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bronze
has definitions from the fields of fine art,chemistry,metallurgy,color
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[ noun ] (chemistry,metallurgy) an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Figurines and simple chapels presage the emergence of sculpture and architecture in Greece ; objects in gold , ivory , and bronze grow more numerous . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The gilt sterns of the men-of-war becoming clearer to him , the sides of the wooden sea walls alternately painted yellow and black , the bronze cannon at the ports . |
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[ verb ] (color) give the color and appearance of bronze to something
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[ adjective ] made from or consisting of bronze
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[ noun ] (fine art) a sculpture made of bronze
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