Brass definitions

Brass

1) Alloy 2) Bugle 3) Cash 4) Cornet 5) Curia 6) Fluegelhorn 7) Flugelhorn 8) Gall 9) Governance 10) Horns 11) Judiciary 12) Latten 13) Nerve 14) Officers 15) Officialdom 16) Ormolu 17) Saxhorn 18) Sousaphone 19) Trombone 20) Trumpet 21) Tuba
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Brass

1) Alloy of copper and zinc 2) Alloy of zinc and copper 3) Army biggies 4) Army bigwigs 5) Army officials 6) Army VIPs 7) Audacity 8) Authority figures 9) Band section 10) Baritone material 11) Bigwigs 12) Bigwigs in uniform 13) Bigwigs in uniforms 14) Bold self-assurance 15) British slang for penniless
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brass

1. an alloy of copper and zinc
2. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a governing body and who administer something
3. impudent aggressiveness

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brass

A shiny yellow to yellow-orange alloy that contains about two parts copper for every one part zinc.
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brass

A term used to describe the empty cartridge case.
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Brass

• (n.) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass. • (n.) A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc. • (n.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is ofte...
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brass

A strong yellow alloy of copper and zinc; a higher level of zinc produces a yellower metal. Brass is malleable and easy to work. It has been worked in Britain from the Middle Ages. Large-scale production came c.1700, with better quality metal from c.1720. Some small brass ornaments and mounts for clocks were silvered. In the 19thC, thin sheet brass...
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Brass

Brass instruments are made of brass or some other metal and make sound when air is blown inside. The musician's lips must buzz, as though making a 'raspberry' noise against the mouthpiece. Air then vibrates inside the instrument, which produces a sound. Brass instruments include trumpet, trombone, tuba, French horn, cornet, and bugle.
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Brass

Brass Monkey weatherCommon (originally Naval) slang expression for bitterly cold weather.
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brass

a copper-rich copper-zinc alloy.
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brass

A yellowish alloy consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
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Brass

a copper-rich copper-zinc alloy.
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Brass

A metal alloy made up of copper and zinc, commonly used as an engraving material or in the manufacture of engravable gift items. Most often recognised by its natural yellow-gold colour, brass is also available in a variety of lacquered colours. Brass that contains a higher lead content is referred to a 'leaded' brass or engravers brass. This is sof...
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brass

Man-made alloy of (at least 50%) copper and zinc. Originally any alloy of copper was known as brass and early brass was commonly an alloy of copper and tin. See also bronze. This alloy naturally oxidizes green.
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brass

Man-made alloy of copper and zinc. In the olden times, any alloy of copper was known as brass. Most brass of the olden days was an alloy of copper and tin. See also bronze.
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brass

A strong yellow alloy of copper and zinc; a higher level of zinc prouces a yellower metal. Brass is malleable and easy to work. It has been worked in Britain from the Middle Ages. Large-scale production came c.1700, with better quality metal from c.1720. Some small brass ornaments and mounts for clocks were silvered. In the 19thC, thin sheet brass …...
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Brass

Brass noun ; plural Brasses [ Middle English bras , bres , Anglo-Saxon bræs ; akin to Icelandic bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to English braze , brazen . Confer 1st & 2d Braze .] 1. An alloy (usuall...
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brass

yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) 
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Brass

A family of copper-zinc alloys, classically 60/40. Variations in composition give different colours and physical characteristics.
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Brass

Alloy of copper and zinc
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brass

A yellowish alloy of two-thirds copper and one-third zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other metals.
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Brass

A shiny yellow to yellow-orange alloy of 70% copper and 30% zinc, but often other elements such as aluminium, iron, manganese, tin and lead are added.
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brass

plaque noun a memorial made of brass
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brass

brass instrument noun a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
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Brass

(Copper Zinc Alloy) Brass is not an officially recognized mineral as yet, although it has been proposed. It is not the man-made brass that is under consideration, but specimens of naturally occurring crystals of a copper nickel alloy with a formula similar to what we know as brass. These specimens are also not common, but are ex...
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