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Noun
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1. An metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
2. 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. The colour of brass.

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1. military (used as a singular or plural noun) High-ranking officers.

#: The brass are not going to like this.
#: The brass is not going to like this.

1. informal A brave or foolhardy attitude.

#: You've got a lot of brass telling me to do that!

1. (slang; also brass in pocket) Money.
2. (slang; from brass nail; countable) A prostitute.

Translations

trans-top|alloy of copper and zinc
Crimean Tatar: cez
Czech: mosaz f
Danish: messing
Dutch: messing#Dutch|messing n, geelkoper n
Esperanto: latuno
French: laiton m
German: Messing n
Italian: ottone m
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Latvian: misi�š m
Maltese: ram m
Polish: mosi�dz m
Russian: ла��н� (latún') f
Spanish: latón m
Telugu: �త�తడి
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trans-top|class of wind instruments
Dutch: koperblazers pl.
French: cuivres m|p
Italian: ottoni m|p
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German: Blechblasinstrumente p
Polish: instrument d�ty blaszany m
Russian: медн�е д��ов�е ин����мен�� /m'édnyje du�ovýje instrum'énty/ p
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trans-top|spent shell casings
French: douille f
Polish: �uska f
Italian: bossolo m
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Russian: гил�за /gíl'za/ f
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trans-top|colour of brass
Dutch: brons n
German: Messingfarbe f
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trans-top|high-ranking military officers
French: galonnés m|p
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trans-top|informal: a brave or foolhardy attitude
Dutch: lef n
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trans-top|slang: money
Portuguese: dinheiro m
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trans-top|slang: a prostitute
Portuguese: prostituta f
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Adjective
en-adj

1. not comparable Made of brass.
2. of the colour of brass.
3. slang Bad, annoying.

Translations

trans-top|made of brass
Dutch: messing, bronzen, geelkoperen
French: en laiton
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Polish: mosi�żny m
Russian: ла��нн�й (latúnnyj)
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trans-top|colour of brass
Dutch: bronzen
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French: couleur de laiton
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trans-top|bad, annoying
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Derived terms
bold as brass
brass balls
brass band
brass hat
brass in pocket
brass instrument
brass knuckles
brass monkey
brass nail
brass neck
brass rat
brass ring
brass section
brass tacks
brassbound
brass-collar
brassed off
brass monkey
brass-rubbing
brassware
brassy
calamine brass
high brass
get down to brass tacks
not have a brass farthing
top brass

Related terms
braze
brazen
brazier
bronze
BSB

See also
althorn
chalcography
cornet
euphonium
flugelhorn
French horn
mellophone
Muntz metal
saxhorn
sousaphone
trombone
trumpet
tuba
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Alloys
Category:Browns
Category:Colors

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