brass (br s)n. 1. a. A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other metals, but usually 67 percent copper and 33 percent zinc. b. Ornaments, objects, or utensils made of this alloy. 2. Music a. The section of a band or an orchestra composed of brass instruments. Often used in the plural. b. Brass instruments or their players considered as a group. Often used in the plural. 3. A memorial plaque or tablet made of brass, especially one on which an effigy is incised. 4. A bushing or similar lining for a bearing, made from a copper alloy. 5. Informal Bold self-assurance; effrontery. 6. Slang High-ranking military officers or other high officials. 7. Chiefly British Money. [Middle English bras, from Old English bræs.] brass adj. |
brass [brɑːs]
n
1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) an alloy of copper and zinc containing more than 50 per cent of copper. Alpha brass (containing less than 35 per cent of zinc) is used for most engineering materials requiring forging, pressing, etc. Alpha-beta brass (35-45 per cent zinc) is used for hot working and extrusion. Beta brass (45-50 per cent zinc) is used for castings. Small amounts of other metals, such as lead or tin, may be added Compare bronze [1]
2. an object, ornament, or utensil made of brass
3. (Music / Instruments)
a. the large family of wind instruments including the trumpet, trombone, French horn, etc., each consisting of a brass tube blown directly by means of a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
b. (sometimes functioning as plural) instruments of this family forming a section in an orchestra
c. (as modifier) a brass ensemble
4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a renewable sleeve or bored semicylindrical shell made of brass or bronze, used as a liner for a bearing
5. (Military) (functioning as plural) Informal important or high-ranking officials, esp military officers the top brass See also brass hat
6. Northern English dialect money where there's muck, there's brass!
7. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Brit an engraved brass memorial tablet or plaque, set in the wall or floor of a church
8. Informal bold self-confidence; cheek; nerve he had the brass to ask for more time
9. (Business / Professions) Slang a prostitute
10. (modifier) of, consisting of, or relating to brass or brass instruments a brass ornament a brass band Related adjective brazen
[Old English bræs; related to Old Frisian bres copper, Middle Low German bras metal]
| brass (brs) A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc, usually 67 percent copper and 33 percent zinc. It sometimes includes small amounts of other metals. Brass is strong, ductile, and resistant to many forms of corrosion. |
Brass
a student of brasses.
a technique of divination by examining vessels of brass.
one who copies monumental brasses by taking rubbings.
Brass army officers collectively, 1899 [used in phrases top brass or brass hats]; memorial brasses collectively, 1613; musical instrument of a brass band type collectively, 1382; copper coins collectively, 1599; money in general, 1601.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | brass - an alloy of copper and zinc atomic number 29, copper, Cu - a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor alpha-beta brass, Muntz metal, yellow metal - a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass; used in making castings and hot-worked products alpha brass - an alloy of brass and zinc; used mainly for cold working bearing brass - a brass bushing or a lining for a bearing cartridge brass - an alloy of copper and zinc (containing about 30% zinc) that is wrought into cartridges or tubing copper-base alloy - any alloy whose principal component is copper gilding metal - a brass that is rich in copper; used to make articles that were to be gilded high brass - brass with 35% zinc latten - brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils low brass - brass with 30% (or less) zinc ormolu - brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture guinea gold, red brass - brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry |
| 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 baritone horn, baritone - the second lowest brass wind instrument bugle - a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares clarion - a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone cornet, trumpet, trump, horn - a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves fluegelhorn, flugelhorn - a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore French horn, horn - a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves saxhorn - any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves trombone - a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide valve - device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath | |
| 3. | brass - 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" body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" Curia - (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church top brass - the most important persons in a governing body executive - persons who administer the law county council - the elected governing body of a county government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government pecking order, power structure, hierarchy - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body management - those in charge of running a business advisory board, planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator | |
| 4. | brass - impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" aggressiveness - the quality of being bold and enterprising audaciousness, audacity - aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the audacity to question my decision" | |
| 5. | brass - an ornament or utensil made of brass | |
| 6. |  brass - the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instrumentssection - a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class trumpet section - the section of a band or orchestra that plays trumpets or cornets | |
| 7. |  brass - a memorial made of brass |
Translations
brass [brɑːs]
A. N
2. (= plate) → placa f conmemorativa (Rel) → plancha f sepulcral(de latón)
to clean the brasses → pulir los bronces
to clean the brasses → pulir los bronces
4. (Brit) (= money) → pasta f
B. ADJ (= made of brass) → (hecho)de latón
not to be worth a brass farthing → no valer un ardite
it's cold enough to freeze a brass monkey; it's brass monkey weather (Brit) → ¡hace un frío que pela!
to get down to brass tacks → ir al grano
not to be worth a brass farthing → no valer un ardite
it's cold enough to freeze a brass monkey; it's brass monkey weather (Brit) → ¡hace un frío que pela!
to get down to brass tacks → ir al grano
C. CPD brass band N → banda f de metal
brass hat N (Mil) → jefazo/a m/f
brass knuckles NPL (US) → nudilleras fpl
brass neck N → cara(dura) f, valor m
brass rubbing N (= art, object) → calco m de plancha sepulcral(de latón)
the brass section N (Mus) → los metales
brass hat N (Mil) → jefazo/a m/f
brass knuckles NPL (US) → nudilleras fpl
brass neck N → cara(dura) f, valor m
brass rubbing N (= art, object) → calco m de plancha sepulcral(de latón)
the brass section N (Mus) → los metales
brass off VT + ADV → fastidiar
brass [ˈbrɑːs]
n
(MUSIC) the brass (= instruments, players) → les cuivres
modif (MUSIC) the brass section → les cuivres
brass band n → fanfare f
brassed off [ˈbrɑːst ˈbræst] adj
to be brassed off with sth (= fed up with) → en avoir ras le bol de qch
to get brassed off → en avoir ras le bol
brass band n → fanfare f
brassed off [ˈbrɑːst ˈbræst] adj
to be brassed off with sth (= fed up with) → en avoir ras le bol de qch
to get brassed off → en avoir ras le bol
brass
brass:
brass:
n
→ Messing nt
(= thing made of brass) (= plaque) → Messingtafel f → or -schild nt; (in church: on tomb) → Grabplatte f → aus Messing; (no pl: = brass articles) → Messing nt; to do or clean the brass(es) → das Messing putzen
(inf, = impudence) → Frechheit f
(inf: = money) → Kohle f (inf)
adj (= made of brass) → Messing-, messingen (rare); (Mus) → Blech-; brass instrument → Blechblasinstrument nt; brass player → Blechbläser m; brass section → Blech (→ bläser pl) nt
brass:
brass farthing
brass foundry
n → Messinggießerei f
brass hat
n (Brit Mil sl) → hohes Tier (inf)
brass:
brass knuckles
pl (inf) → Schlagring m
brass monkey
brass neck
n to have a brass → Nerven haben (inf)
brass plaque, brass plate
n → Messingschild nt; (in church) → Messinggedenktafel f
brass rubbing
n (= activity) → Durchpausen or -zeichnen nt (des Bildes auf einer Messinggrabtafel); (= result) → Pauszeichnung f (des Bildes auf einer Messinggrabtafel)
brass [brɑːs]
brass [brɑːs]
1. n
b. (fam) to have the brass (neck) to do sth → avere la faccia tosta di fare qc
the top brass (Mil) → i pezzi grossi dell'esercito
the top brass (Mil) → i pezzi grossi dell'esercito
2. adj (ornament) → d'ottone
brass [brɑːs]
1. n
b. (fam) to have the brass (neck) to do sth → avere la faccia tosta di fare qc
the top brass (Mil) → i pezzi grossi dell'esercito
the top brass (Mil) → i pezzi grossi dell'esercito
2. adj (ornament) → d'ottone
n brass [braːs]
1 an alloy of copper and zinc This plate is made of brass; (also adjective ) a brass door-knocker. geelkoper نحاس أصفر месинг mosaz(ný) messing das Messing κράμα χαλκού με ψευδάργυρο, μπρούντζος latón messing برنج messinki (de) laiton נְחוֹשֶת पीतल mesing, mjed sárgaréz kuningan messing, látún ottone, di ottone 真ちゅう 놋쇠, 황동 žalvaris misiņš; misiņa- loyang geelkoper; koperen messing mosiądz latão (de) alamă латунь z mosadze medenina mesing mässing ทองเหลือง pirinç 黃銅 латунь; мідний پیتل đồng thau 黄铜
2 wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal. koperinstrumente آلات نفخ نحاسيه духови инструменти plechové (dechové) hudební nástroje messingblæser die Blechblasinstrumente χάλκινα (τα πνευστά όργανα από χαλκό) metales vaskpillid سازهای بادی از جنس برنج vaskipuhaltimet cuivres כְּלֵי נְשִׁיפָה מִמָתֶכֶת पीतल के बने वाद्य यंत्र duhački instrumenti rézfúvósok alat musik tiup málmblásturshljóðfæri ottoni 金管楽器 금관 악기 metaliniai pučiamieji instrumentai metāla pūšamie instrumenti barang-barang loyang koper (messing)blåseinstrument instrumenty dęte, `blacha metais alămuri (медные) духовые инструменты plechové hudobné nástroje trobila duvački instrumenti mässingsblåsinstrument เครื่องเป่าทองเหลือง pirinçten yapılmış nefesli müzik âletleri 銅管樂器 духові інструменти, мідь منہ سے بجانے والے پیتل کے بنے ہوئے ساز kèn đồng 铜管乐器
adj brassy
astrant, parmantig, koperagtig نحاسي месингов mosazný messing- aus Messing μπρούντζινος de latón messing- برنجین messinki- cuivré מָתַכתִי पीतल का mjeden rezes seperti alat musik tiup úr látúni di ottone 真ちゅうの 놋쇠로 만든 žalvarinis metālisks (par skaņu); nekaunīgs tidak tahu malu koperachtig pågående, vulgær, høyrøstet; messing- miedziany metais de/din alamă латунный mosadzný medeninast mesingan ดังและแหบ pirinç, pirinç kaplı 似黃銅的 мідний پیتل کا بنا ہوا giống đồng thau 似黄铜的
brass band
a band of players of (mainly) brass wind instruments. blaasorkes, oempaorkes فرقة موسيقيه نحاسيه духов оркестър dechová kapela hornorkester die Blaskapelle μπάντα χάλκινων πνευστών banda, charanga puhkpilliorkester گروه نوازندگان سازهای بادی puhallinorkesteri fanfare תִזמוֹרֶת כְּלֵי נְשִׁיפָה מִמָתֶכֶת तूर्य वृंद, छोटा सैनिक बाजा limena glazba rezesbanda band alat musik tiup lúðrasveit fanfara 吹奏楽団 취주 악단 pučiamųjų orkestras pūtēju orķestris pancaragam fanfarekorps hornorkester, janitsjarorkester orkiestra dęta banda de música fanfară духовой оркестр dychová kapela pihalni orkester duvački orkestar mässingsorkester วงดนตรีเครื่องเป่าทองเหลือง bando, mızıka 銅管樂隊 духовий оркестр پیتل کے سازوں پر مشتمل بینڈ ban nhạc kèn đồng 铜管乐队
brass neck
shameless cheek or impudence After breaking off the engagement she had the brass neck to keep the ring. vermetelheid, onbeskaamdheid وقاحه нахалство drzost frækhed die Unverschämtheit θράσος, αδιαντροπιά cara dura, descaro jultumus گستاخی بی شرمانه olla otsaa culot חוּצְפָּה बेशर्म drskost pofátlanság tak tahu malu óskammfeilni faccia tosta, sfacciataggine 厚かましさ 철면피 įžūlumas bezkaunība; nekaunība berasa malu lef frekkhet, uforskammethet bezczelność descaramento tupeu, obrăznicie наглость drzosť biti predrzen drskost fräckhet หน้าไม่อาย arsızlık 厚臉皮 безсоромність بے باکی ، بے شرمی sự trơ tráo 厚脸皮
get down to brass tacks
to deal with basic principles or matters Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks. tot die kern van 'n saak gaan يعالج النقاط الرئيسيه في الموضوع правя основни неща jít/dostat se k jádru věci komme til sagens kerne zur Hauptsachekommen έρχομαι στην ουσία του θέματος ir al grano asja juurde asuma به اصول مقدماتی پرداختن keskittyä perusasioihin en venir au fait לַגֶשֶת לַעִנייָן किसी चीज के बुनियादी उसूलों पर चलना prijeći na činjenice a tárgyra tér mengerjakan hal-hal yang menjadi pokok dasar ræða kjarna málsins venire al sodo 要点を論じる 요점을 말하다 eiti prie reikalo nonākt līdz lietas būtībai kembali ke perkara pokok tot de kern van de zaak komen komme til saken/det vesentlige przejść do sedna sprawy entrar no principal a ajunge la faptele esenţiale добраться до сути дела ísť k veci govoriti o bistvenem suština komma till [] kärnan i saken พูดถึงสิ่งที่เป็นจริงหรือเป็นไปไม่ได้ asıl konuya gelmek, sadede gelmek 言歸正傳 перейти до суті справи اصل معاملہ ، حقیقی تفصیل đi vào trọng tâm của vấn đề 触及问题的核心
brass → نحاس أصفر mosaz messing Messing μπρούντζος latón messinki laiton mjed ottone 真鍮 황동 koper messing mosiądz latão латунь mässing ทองเหลือง pirinç đồng 黄铜
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