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Defenition of the word brass

    • Defenition of the word brass

      • Any of several alloys made of copper and zinc with possible addition of other metallic elements, with the zinc percentage from 3 to 46. It is a hard bright yellow metal with an appearance somewhat similar to gold.
      • the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a governing body and who administer 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"
      • impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
      • a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
      • an ornament or utensil made of brass
      • an alloy of copper and zinc
      • a memorial tablet made of brass
      • a memorial made of brass
      • impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn''t believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
      • 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 rec
      • the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
      • 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
      • impudent aggressiveness
      • the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

    Synonyms for the word brass

      • administration
      • boldness
      • brass instrument
      • brass section
      • cheek
      • effrontery
      • establishment
      • face
      • governance
      • governing body
      • memorial tablet
      • nerve
      • organisation
      • organization
      • plaque

    Meronymys for the word brass

      • advisory board
      • atomic number 29
      • authorities
      • copper
      • Cu
      • government
      • hierarchy
      • pecking order
      • planning board
      • power structure
      • regime
      • valve

    Hyponyms for the word brass

      • alpha brass
      • alpha-beta brass
      • audaciousness
      • audacity
      • baritone
      • baritone horn
      • bass horn
      • bearing brass
      • bench
      • bugle
      • cartridge brass
      • clarion
      • cornet
      • county council
      • Curia
      • executive
      • fluegelhorn
      • flugelhorn
      • French horn
      • gilding metal
      • government officials
      • guinea gold
      • high brass
      • horn
      • judiciary
      • latten
      • low brass
      • management
      • Muntz metal
      • officialdom
      • ormolu
      • red brass
      • saxhorn
      • sousaphone
      • top brass
      • trombone
      • trump
      • trumpet
      • trumpet section
      • tuba
      • yellow metal

    Hypernyms for the word brass

      • aggressiveness
      • body
      • copper-base alloy
      • decoration
      • memorial
      • monument
      • ornament
      • ornamentation
      • section
      • surname
      • wind
      • wind instrument

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