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brass



brass [brass brasses] BrE [brɑːs] NAmE [bræs] noun
 
 
METAL
1. uncountable a bright yellow metal made by mixing ↑copper and ↑zinc; objects made of brass
solid brass fittings/door handles
a brass plate (= a sign outside a building giving the name and profession of the person who works there)
to clean/polish the brass  
 
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
2. uncountable + singular or plural verb the musical instruments made of metal, such as ↑trumpets or ↑French horns, that form a band or section of an ↑orchestra; the people who play them
music for piano, strings and brass
compare percussion, ↑strings, ↑woodwind, ↑wind instrument  
 
FOR A HORSE
3. countable (BrE)a decorated piece of brass used as a decorative object, especially a round flat piece attached to a horse's ↑harness  
 
IN CHURCH
4. countable (especially BrE)a flat piece of brass with words or a picture on it, fixed to the floor or wall of a church in memory of sb who has died
a memorial brass  
 
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
5. (especially NAmE) (also BrE informal ˌtop ˈbrass)uncountable + singular or plural verb the people who are in the most important positions in a company, an organization, etc.  
 
MONEY
6. uncountable (old-fashioned, BrE, informal)money
see also brassy
more at bold as brass at bold, where there's muck there's brass at muck n.
Idioms:brass monkey weather brass monkeys brass neck brass ring brass tacks
See also:top brass

Word Origin:
Old English bræs, of unknown origin.

Example Bank:
candlesticks made of solid brass
the brass section of the orchestra

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