Gunmetalnoun
(historical) A type of bronze used for making cannons.
Brassnoun
(uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
Gunmetalnoun
An alloy of 88% copper, 10% tin and 2% zinc, originally used for making guns.
Brassnoun
A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten
Gunmetalnoun
A dark grey or bluish-grey colour; gunmetal grey.
Brassnoun
Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass
Gunmetalnoun
a type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water)
Brassnoun
A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player’s lips to produce sound.
Gunmetalnoun
a grey corrosion-resistant form of bronze containing zinc.
Brassnoun
Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.
Gunmetalnoun
a dull bluish-grey colour
‘the river glinted under a gunmetal sky’;
Brassnoun
(uncountable) The colour of brass.
Gunmetal
Gun metal, also known as red brass in the United States, is a type of bronze; an alloy of copper, tin and zinc. Proportions vary but 88% copper, 8–10% tin, and 2–4% zinc is an approximation.
Brassnoun
High-ranking officers.
‘The brass are not going to like this.’; ‘The brass is not going to like this.’;
Brassnoun
A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.
‘You’ve got a lot of brass telling me to do that!’;
Brassnoun
Money.
Brassnoun
Inferior composition.
Brassnoun
Brass in pocket; money.
Brassnoun
A brass nail; a prostitute.
Brassadjective
Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
Brassadjective
Of the colour of brass.
Brassadjective
(informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.
Brassadjective
(slang) Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.
Brassadjective
Of inferior composition.
Brassadjective
(slang) Brass monkey; cold.
Brassverb
to coat with brass
Brassnoun
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.
Brassnoun
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.
Brassnoun
Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
‘Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey.’;
Brassnoun
Impudence; a brazen face.
Brassnoun
Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
‘The very scullion who cleans the brasses.’;
Brassnoun
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.
Brassnoun
Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
Brassnoun
an alloy of copper and zinc
Brassnoun
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
Brassnoun
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;
‘he claims that the present administration is corrupt’; ‘the governance of an association is responsible to its members’; ‘he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment’;
Brassnoun
impudent aggressiveness;
‘I couldn’t believe her boldness’; ‘he had the effrontery to question my honesty’;
Brassnoun
an ornament or utensil made of brass
Brassnoun
the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
Brassnoun
a memorial made of brass
Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve varying mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other within the same crystal structure.
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