Brass

What do we mean by brass?

A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other metals, but usually 67 percent copper and 33 percent zinc. noun

Ornaments, objects, or utensils made of this alloy. noun

The section of a band or an orchestra composed of brass instruments. noun

Brass instruments or their players considered as a group. noun

A memorial plaque or tablet made of brass, especially one on which an effigy is incised. noun

A bushing or similar lining for a bearing, made from a copper alloy. noun

Bold self-assurance; effrontery. noun

High-ranking military officers or other high officials. noun

Money. noun

To cover or coat over with brass.

Nautical, same as brace. noun

A continental European measure of length, equal to the extended arms or more; a fathom. noun

An important alloy, consisting essentially of copper and zinc. noun

A utensil, ornament, or other article made of brass: as, to clean the brasses on board a ship. noun

In machinery, a pillow, bearing, collar, box, or bush, supporting a gudgeon: so called because frequently made of brass. noun

In medieval archœol., a funeral monument consisting of a plate of brass, usually of rectangular shape and often of large size, incised with an effigy, coats of arms, inscriptions, and frequently accessory ornament. noun

A brass musical instrument, or, collectively, the brass instruments in a band or an orchestra. noun

A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; the section of an orchestra that features such instruments

Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.

The colour of brass.

(used as a singular or plural noun, metonym) High-ranking officers.

A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.

Money.

Inferior composition.

In a section of west london, this means bad, useless, crap Urban Dictionary

The boss. Brave. A military commander who has a lot of medals. Or just medals and awards. Urban Dictionary

Courage, also known as balls, Urban Dictionary

1)A word meaning bad/crap/shite 2)A word used to chow displeasure Urban Dictionary

Adjective which causes its subject noun to be looked on in an unfavourable light, to say something is bad Urban Dictionary

A word to mean something/someone is bad. An adjective or an exclamation. Pronounced with a short 'a' sound, like 'gas' or 'sassy'. The opposite of nang. Urban Dictionary

Brass knuckles! Urban Dictionary

A bra for your ass. cups start from -AA to +SS common brands: "Derrière Embrassé", "Popo Tight" and "Wonderbrass" several beauty standard campaigns have convinced women to "not let them cheeks hang loose" when looking for a potential mate as too less or too much of ass will lead the object of desire to think the woman's motherly qualities are flawed. Urban Dictionary

1)A yellow metal 2)A totalitarian dictatorship in the form of a file sharing hub Urban Dictionary

Breath that smells like ass. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to brass:
brass, grass, bass, crass, brash, frass, brast, blass, bras, brats, trass, drass, bruss, briss, rass, braes, brads, brags, brays, brasa, wrass, bross, krass, prass, brfss, braso, bress, brans, brase, bracs, brams.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word brass:
knuckles, woodwind, quintet, tuba, trombone, timpani, percussion, fanfare, fittings, trumpet, plaque, plaques, instruments, zinc, alloys, ensemble, stainless, foundry, cartridge, copper, alloy, horns, buttons, strings, bands, nickel, saxophone, clarinet, instrument, horn, marching, instrumentation, band, aluminium, monkey, aluminum, chancel, bells, plates, inscribed, plate, flute, orchestral, quartet, tenor, string, choir, orchestra, coins, inscription, drum, arrangements, tin, metals, orleans, wire, symphony, steel, leather, marble, plastic, pipe, jazz, reed, drums, iron, bronze, ammunition, cannon, organ, section, piano, conductor, silver, bass, rhythm, guns, metal, chamber, glass, ring, bell, concert, sections.

Words that rhyme with brass:
grass, pass, glass, class, mass, ass, gas, last, bass, crass, alas, impasse, surpass, morass, bypass, harass, sass, masse, trespass, amass, jackass, sassafras, lass, en masse, gras, sas, chasse, wrasse, frass, ras, das, tass, bluegrass, cas, overpass, tasse, strass, repass, smartass, hourglass, casque, fiberglass, alsace, kvass, plexiglass, cass, looking glass, underpass, basse, fass, landmass, plexiglas, rasse, foie gras, outclass, sea bass, mardi gras, eyeglass, spyglass, blass, working class, eelgrass, bras, underclass, trass, cut glass, yass, first class, brasse, law of conservation of mass, lasse, contrasts, middle class, watch glass, sasse, rock bass, water glass, snodgrass, field glass, ruling class, couch grass, hall pass, glas, panic grass, hass, stained glass, upper class, vass, middle-class, nass, sunglass, plas, ideal gas, drinking glass, word class, inert gas, pate de foie gras, casse, shot glass, coronary bypass.

Adjectives that are often used to describe brass:
top, polished, military, fine, solid, yellow, small, old, high, burnished, thin, red, big, heavy, corinthian, plated, naval, monumental, triple, gilt, much, bright, hard, soft, low, gilded, ordinary, shiny, rolled, muted, leaded, cast, hot, lacquered, wrought, admiralty, inch, antique, tarnished, beta, pure, cutting, enough, thick, plain, hollow, dull, beautiful, drawn, scrap, annealed, flat, clean, light, engraved, curious, stamped, round, silvered, earliest, memorial, spent, inlaid, century.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective brass:
knuckles, work, band, bands, pounders, plate, buttons, ware, plates, pounder, wire, cannon, rings, founder, instruments, hats, hat, workers, tacks, making, instrument, impregnable, guns, tubes, structure, rods, lamps, fittings, rubbing, pieces, casting, balls, smiths, works, polish, founders, worker, candlesticks, leggings, token, tube, handles, bed, hardware, lamp, coin, pipes, helmets, head, pots, legs, beds, fixtures, coins, filings, screws, bells, toes, founding, knobs, choir, yellow, ornaments, players, plating, tack, rubbings, foundries, rags, smith, pipe, cover, plaques, ring, furniture, forehead, vessels, nails, inlay, rod, kettles, utensils, castings, music, alloy, plated, frame, cap, table, pot, heads, trays, pans.

Consonant match to brass:
brace, bruce, brusk, brice, bras, brasse, bryce, bruss, briss, bresse, brus, broce, bross, brouse, breece, brys, bress.

Words that sound like brass:
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