brass
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
- A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
- 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.
- High-ranking officers.
- (informal) A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.
- (slang) Money.
- Inferior composition.
Concepten
Synoniemen
bell-metal
memorial tablet
governing body
bronze ware
flat solid
government activity
management personnel
brass-hat
brazeness
copper ware
lump pyrite
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/bɹɑːs/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English bras, bres, from Old English bræs (“brass, bronze”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps representing a backformation from Proto-Germanic *brasnaz (“brazen”), from or related to *brasō (“fire, pyre”). Compare Old Norse and Icelandic bras (“solder”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden in the fire”), Swedish brasa (“a small controlled fire”), Danish brase (“to fry”); French braser ("to solder"; > English braise) from the same Germanic root. Compare also Middle Dutch braspenninc ("a silver coin", literally, "silver-penny"; > Dutch braspenning), Old Frisian bress (“copper”), Middle Low German bras (“metal, ore”). In the military sense an ellipsis of the brass hats.
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