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bronze  (brnz)
n.
1.
a. Any of various alloys of copper and tin in various proportions, sometimes with traces of other metals.
b. Any of various alloys of copper, with or without tin, and antimony, phosphorus, or other components.
2. A work of art made of one of these alloys.
3. A medal made of bronze awarded to one placing third in a competition, as in the Olympics.
4.
a. A moderate yellowish to olive brown.
b. A pigment of this color.
adj.
1. Made of or consisting of bronze.
2. Of a moderate yellowish to olive brown.
tr.v. bronzed, bronz·ing, bronz·es
1. To give the color or appearance of bronze to.
2. To make brown by exposure to the sun; tan.

[French, from Italian bronzo.]

bronzer n.
bronzy adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bronzed - (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo"
brunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"

bronzed
adjective tanned, brown, suntanned, sunburnt He's bronzed from a short holiday in California.
Translations
bronzed [brɒnzd] ADJ [person] → bronceado
bronzed [ˈbrɒnzd] adj (= tanned) → bronzé(e), hâlé(e)
bronze medal nmédaille f de bronze
bronzed
adj face, personbraun, (sonnen)gebräunt
bronzed [brɒnzd] adj (person) → abbronzato/a


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I thought it was Shea returning to speak with me on some matter of tomorrow's work; but when I raised my eyes to the doorway that connects the two rooms I saw framed there the figure of a bronzed giant, his otherwise naked body trapped with a jewel-encrusted harness from which there hung at one side an ornate short-sword and at the other a pistol of strange pattern.
The sweat burst through the skin of his forehead in tiny beads, and he paused and mopped his bronzed face with his handkerchief.
The boy grew thin and bronzed, Trent and he toiled as though their lives hung upon the work.
 
 
 
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