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brass
noun
1 brass
An alloy of copper and zinc.
Roget 41:
mixture,
admixture,
commixture,
commixtion†;
commixion†,
intermixture,
alloyage†,
matrimony;
junction
etc.
43;
combination
etc.
48;
miscegenation.
impregnation;
infusion,
diffusion suffusion,
transfusion;
infiltration;
seasoning,
sprinkling,
interlarding;
interpolation;
etc.
228
adulteration,
sophistication.
[Thing mixed]
tinge,
tincture,
touch,
dash,
smack,
sprinkling,
spice,
seasoning,
infusion,
soupcon.
[Compound resulting from mixture]
alloy,
amalgam;
brass,
chowchow†,
pewter;
magma,
half-and-half,
melange,
tertium quid [Lat.],
miscellany,
ambigu†,
medley,
mess,
hotchpot†,
pasticcio†,
patchwork,
odds and ends,
all sorts;
jumble
etc.
(disorder)
59;
salad,
sauce,
mash,
omnium gatherum [Lat.],
gallimaufry,
olla-podrida†,
olio,
salmagundi,
potpourri,
Noah's ark,
caldron texture,
mingled yarn;
mosaic
etc.
(variegation)
440.
half-blood,
half-caste.
mulatto;
terceron†,
quarteron†,
quinteron†
&c.;
quadroon,
octoroon;
griffo†,
zambo†;
cafuzo†;
Eurasian;
fustee†,
fustie†;
griffe,
ladino†,
marabou,
mestee†,
mestizo,
quintroon,
sacatra zebrule [Lat.];
catalo†;
cross,
hybrid,
mongrel.
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Dutch: geelkoper, messing
Polish: mosiądz
2 brass
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.
synonym: brass instrument.
Dutch: messing, geelkoper, bugel, koper
Polish: instrument dęty blaszany
3 brass
4 brass
Impudent aggressiveness.
synonyms: boldness, cheek, face, nerve.
Roget 885:
insolence;
haughtiness
etc.
adj.;
arrogance,
airs;
overbearance†;
domineering
etc.
v.;
tyranny
etc.
739.
impertinence;
sauciness
etc.
adj.;
flippancy,
dicacity†,
petulance,
procacity†,
bluster;
swagger,
swaggering
etc.
v.;
bounce;
terrorism.
assumption,
presumption;
beggar on horseback;
usurpation.
impudence,
assurance,
audacity,
hardihood,
front,
face,
brass;
shamelessness
etc.
adj.;
effrontery,
hardened front,
face of brass.
assumption of infallibility.
saucebox
etc.
(blusterer)
887†.
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Polish: zadziorność, zaczepność
5 brass
An ornament or utensil made of brass.
6 brass
The section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments.
synonym: brass section.
7 brass
A memorial made of brass.
synonyms: memorial tablet, plaque.
Dutch: gedenksteen, plaket, plateau
Polish: plakieta
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