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brass Noun

— Brass is a shiny yellow-orange metal. The brass chest only has one key. — The brass is the group of musical instruments that are made of brass. The brass family of instruments includes tubas, trombones, and trumpets.

brass

— noun an alloy of copper and zinc — noun 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 — noun an ornament or utensil made of brass — noun (= boldness) impudent aggressiveness I couldn't believe her boldness he had the effrontery to question my honesty — noun (= administration, governance, establishment) 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 — noun a memorial made of brass — noun the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

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brass English » English

copper bronze plaque governance face cheek brazen organization organisation nerve memorial tablet impudence horn governing body establishment brass section brass instrument boldness bell-metal audacity administration yellow metal wind instrument wind tuba tombak tombac tile tambac start slab silver sheet scale saxhorn sap puke presumptuousness plate pay up noisemaker metal management personnel management lump pyrite line leadership leaders lead insolence

Topics brass topics

What do people use brass to talk about?

Universe, creation World Substance, matter

Examples brass examples

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Simple sentences

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.

Tom likes all music genres except for brass music.

Gold is similar in color to brass.

The brass band played three marches.

I belong to the brass band.

Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.

It's made of brass.

The brass need to play together.

He belongs to the brass band.

Bronze-ware is largely made from alloys of brass and tin.

Movie subtitles

Got a Jade freestanding range over here, the Belle Epoque, brass and copper espresso machine we had specially shipped in from Italy.

I'd like a set of brass buttons, with an anchor detail, if you got 'em, please.

I ain't saying it's turned nippy all of a sudden, but I ain't half glad I'm not a brass monkey.

Assault. Carrying brass knuckles. Disturbing peace.

Larry, suppose we get down to brass tacks.

Brass rails, soft cushions, moonlight.

Otherwise I would've met you with a brass band.

I'm gonna get me a pair of chromium-plated brass knuckles.

Knowing her type, she's probably got brass knuckles in those boxing gloves.

Now, let's have a brass instrument, the trumpet.

Let's get down to brass tacks, or rather, greenbacks.

I bet you can't get the brass ring out of the bull's nose.

I'll loan him a pair of your brass knuckles.

Do you want a brass band?

Carrying brass knuckles.

Sorry, I was cleaning brass for Mr. Byam.

Come on, let's see the brass.

I always had the brass and all you had was a quick getaway.

You devil of brass.

I gave you the evening. What more do you want? - Do you want a brass band?

The red carpet's a little threadbare, the brass band's a little out of tune, but outside of that, I'm all set.

Your sister has the brass to write me a letter asking me to send her car down to Baltimore.

What is it? It's a knob off a brass doorknocker.

All my life I wanted a knob off a brass doorknocker.

It's a knob off a brass doorknocker.

Want him to carry your brass knuckles too?

What more do you want? - Do you want a brass band?

Might've known you'd make noise like a brass hat.

Bold as brass.

And I'm sure you'd all agree with me if I said that now's the time for all of us to stop all this nonsense face facts, get down to brass tacks, forget about the war, and go fishing.

Make nice brass knuckles, don't they?

Brass knucks ain't legal.

Won't anybody shut that brass's mouth?

News and current affairs

Former President Khatami, meanwhile, is reviled by the fundamentalists and the top brass of the Revolutionary Guards, who repeatedly obstructed his reform agenda during his presidency.

The military brass act as they do for essentially the same reason.

This was not palatable to the Punjabi-dominated military brass or to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the leader of West Pakistan's largest political party.

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