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Definition brass

Etymology 1

From Middle English bras, bres, from Old English bræs (“brass, bronze”), origin uncertain. Perhaps representing a backformation from Proto-Germanic *brasnaz (“brazen”), from or related to *bras? (“fire, pyre”). Compare Old Norse and Icelandic bras (“solder”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden in the fire”), Swedish brasa (“made small fire”), Danish brase (“to fry”); French braser ("to solder"; > English braise) from the same Germanic root. Compare also Middle Dutch braspenninc ("a silver coin", literally, "silver-penny"; > Dutch braspenning), Old Frisian bress (“copper”), Middle Low German bras (“metal, ore”).

Noun

brass (usually uncountable, plural brasses)

1. (uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
   1. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten
   2. Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass
2. (countable, music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound.
3. Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.
4. (uncountable) The colour of brass.
5. (uncountable, used as a singular or plural noun, military, metonymically) High-ranking officers.
6. (uncountable, informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.
7. (slang, dated) Money.
8. Inferior composition.

Adjective

brass (comparative more brass, superlative most brass)

1. Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
2. Of the colour of brass.
3. (informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.
4. (slang) Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.
5. Of inferior composition.

Verb

brass (third-person singular simple present brasses, present participle brassing, simple past and past participle brassed)

1. to coat with brass

Etymology 2

By ellipsis from "brass nail," in turn from "nail[ing]" (fig.) and "brass blonde" (see "brazen").

Noun

brass (usually uncountable, plural brasses)

1. (uncountable, slang) Brass in pocket; money.
2. (countable, slang) A brass nail; a prostitute.

Adjective

brass

1. (slang) Brass monkey; cold.

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