brass

Speech parts

1. brass - Noun

2. brass - Adjective

3. brass - Verb

Meaning

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.

A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.

Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.

Impudence; a brazen face.

Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.

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.

Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nerve cheek boldness brass section face organization administration establishment governance plaque gall insolence audacity impudence impertinence
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Antonyms

lackey assistant deputy minion minor debt
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Hypernyms

memorial body section wind monument decoration

Hyponyms

clarion trump curia horn cornet bugle

Phrases with the word

get down to brass tacks part brass rags as bold as brass down to brass tacks brass-wind instrument without two brass farthings to rub together

Derivatives

brasses

Examples

he claims that the present administration is corrupt Source: Internet

the governance of an association is responsible to its members Source: Internet

he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment Source: Internet

I couldn't believe her boldness Source: Internet

he had the effrontery to question my honesty Source: Internet

A brass plaque on a grassy circle in Sao Paulo's Morumbi cemetery marks the last resting place of a man revered by many as Formula One's greatest driver. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Braslaw brasofensine brasque brass and woodwind band brass ankle Brass Ankles