brass

[bræs]

Definition:
1. An alloy of copper and zinc.
2. Impudent aggressiveness.
3. A memorial made of brass.

Use 'brass' in a sentence:

1. Once he is here, he won't leave; he just sits there as bold as brass.
2. “ Brass ” is slang for “ money ”.
3. Sebastian, the butler, a man with large brass buttons on his coat, soon stood before her.
4. Now the instrument that is playing is a low tuba, a low brass instrument.
5. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
6. Her eyes opened wider and she contemplated the sea-green figured velvet, the shining brass, silver, and glass, the wood that gleamed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil.
7. I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
8. All their beds were distinctive; Mac's was an iron affair with brass knobs.
9. It was ornamented by a small brass sign and seemed to be the entrance to a vast hive of six or seven floors.
10. The gatepost was dignified by the weathered brass plate of Dr Harcourt Sibley.
11. Obviously the thief had simply walked out this way as bold as brass.
12. I read her name on the polished brass plate.
13. The instrument is beautifully made in brass.
14. Brass can be made by fusing copper and zinc.
15. The brass are reluctant to fraternise with the enlisted men.
16. The white marble floors were inlaid in a radial pattern of brass.
17. He once again raised his baton and brought in the brass.
18. Consequently even this vast chorus was occasionally overwhelmed by the brass.
19. We'd better get the place tidied up; the top brass are coming tomorrow.
20. It took a considerable amount of polish and elbow grease before the brass shone.
21. A loose brass knob on the bedstead rattled.
22. It was his brass andiron knob!
23. The young man can double in brass by writing as well as printing the magazine.
24. a press conference attended by top brass from Sony Records.
25. The stove is as black as a crow, and has a long neck and a brass knob; it eats firewood, so that fire spurts out of its mouth.
26. She soliloquized, "Oh, if I only had a brass andiron-knob again!"
27. These weapons also had a heavy brass guard which encased almost the whole hand.
28. Brass doesn't rust.
29. The columns crawl through a maze of giant corridors down which fierce snow-fed torrents foam under skies of brass.
30. All the top brass was/ were at the ceremony.
31. A symphony orchestra is composed of a variety of brass, woodwind, percussion and stringed instruments.
32. Can any of the players double in brass?
33. What is the big brass gong and hammer for?
34. We're having several guest entertainers—singers, a brass band, and so on, and we're expecting a lot of visitors.
35. Copper, brass, and aluminium are separated and remelted for reuse.
36. They produced Brass by the fusion of copper and zinc.
37. He wore a belt with a large brass buckle.
38. What is this shiny brass lamp?
39. I didn't think she would have the brass neck to do that.
40. Our door knocker is cast in solid brass.
41. A brass plate beside the door said 'Dr Alan Tate'.
42. It took a considerable amount of polish and elbow grease before the brass shone like new.
43. Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
44. The girls' outdoor track team has grabbed the brass ring seven times.
45. They are available in polished brass, antique brass or silver-plate.
46. School brass band will provide music for entertainment.