brass
/bɹæs/ noun B1- A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten: a monumental brass.
- Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass.
- 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!
- Spent cartridge casings (usually made of brass): the part of the cartridge left over after bullets or shells have been fired.
- The color of brass (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
- High-ranking officers: the brass hats. · The brass are not going to like this.· The brass is not going to like this.
- A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence. · You've got a lot of brass telling me to do that!
- Money.
Plural brasses
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A large table in the centre was littered with all sorts of debris, while the tall brass tube of a powerful microscope bristled up amongst them.
A RIVER carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass.
The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, “Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you.”
I have no arms, and carry nothing but this one brass trumpet.” “That is the very reason for which you should be put to death,” they said; “for, while you do not fight yourself, your trumpet stirs all the others to battle.”
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