brass

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Synonyms: brash, crass, bass, grass, brast, frass, brats, brads, bross, bras, trass

Antonyms: brash, crass, bass, grass, brast, frass, brats, brads, bross, bras, trass

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Noun

1. A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
2. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten: a monumental brass.
3. Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass.
4. A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.
   • A few measures later, the brass comes in strong!
5. Spent cartridge casings (usually made of brass): the part of the cartridge left over after bullets or shells have been fired.
6. The color of brass (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
   • brass:
7. High-ranking officers: the brass hats.
   • The brass are not going to like this.
   • The brass is not going to like this.
8. A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.
   • You've got a lot of brass telling me to do that!
9. Money.
10. Inferior composition.

Adjective

1. Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
2. Of the color of brass.
3. Impertinent, bold: brazen.
4. Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.
5. Of inferior composition.

Verb

1. To coat with brass.

Noun

1. A prostitute.

Adjective

1. Brass monkey; cold.

Noun

1. Synonym of brace, a traditional unit of measure equivalent to a fathom (6 feet) or about 1.6 m, especially as the Spanish braza and Portuguese braça, also French brasse.

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