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Bronze
1.
An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal.
2.
A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.
A print, a
bronze
, a flower, a root. Prior.
3.
A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.
4.
Boldness; impudence; “brass.”
Imbrowned with native
bronze
, lo! Henley stands. Pope.
Aluminium bronze
. See under
– Aluminium
. Bronze age
, an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze.
– Bronze powder
, a metallic powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface.
– Phosphor bronze
and Silicious bronze
or
Silicium bronze
are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.
Bronze
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bronzed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bronzing
.] 1.
To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze;
as, to
. bronze
plaster casts; to bronze
coins or medalsThe tall
bronzed
black-eyed stranger. W. Black.
2.
To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
The lawer who
bronzes
his bosom instead of his forehead. Sir W. Scott.
Definition 2024
Bronze
Bronze
German
Noun
Bronze f (genitive Bronze, plural Bronzen)
Declension
Declension of Bronze
Derived terms
- bronzefarbig
- Bronzefigur
- bronzen
- Bronzeskulptur
- Bronzemedaille
- Bronzezeit
See also
bronze
bronze
English
Noun
bronze (countable and uncountable, plural bronzes)
- (uncountable) A natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.
- (countable and uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
-
bronze colour:
-
- (countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
- A bronze medal.
- Boldness; impudence; brass.
- Alexander Pope
- Embrown'd with native bronze, lo! Henley stands.
- Alexander Pope
Translations
alloy
|
|
colour
|
work of art made of bronze
bronze medal — see bronze medal
Adjective
bronze (comparative more bronze, superlative most bronze)
- Made of bronze metal.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter I”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
-
- Having a reddish-brown colour.
- (of the skin) Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.
- 2016, Kit Moulton, Annabella (page 108)
- That girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body.
- 2016, Kit Moulton, Annabella (page 108)
Derived terms
Terms derived from bronze
Translations
made of bronze
having a bronze colour
tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun
Verb
bronze (third-person singular simple present bronzes, present participle bronzing, simple past and past participle bronzed)
- (transitive) To plate with bronze.
- My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
- (transitive) To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.
- 1925, DuBose Heyward, Porgy, London: Jonathan Cape, Part IV, p. 137,
- The sun was so low that its level rays shot through the tunnels of the forest and bronzed its ceiling of woven leaves when Bess returned to the clearing.
- 1961, Freya Stark, Dust in the Lion's Paw: Autobiography 1939-1946, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Chapter 8, p. 122,
- North is the bay of Acre, lovely in shape, and, far, far beyond, the cloudy vision of Hermon, its huge landscape now only attainable with a police pass—beautifully solitary except for good-looking young men of the police patrols, all fit and bronzed.
- 1925, DuBose Heyward, Porgy, London: Jonathan Cape, Part IV, p. 137,
- (intransitive, of the skin) To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
- 2006, Melissa Lassor, "Out of Darkness", page 124 in Watching Time
- His skin began to bronze as he worked in our garden each day.
- 2006, Melissa Lassor, "Out of Darkness", page 124 in Watching Time
- (transitive) To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
- Sir Walter Scott
- the lawyer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead
- Sir Walter Scott
Translations
to plate with bronze
to color bronze
to tan — see tan
See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bronze m (plural bronzes)
- bronze (metal)
- bronze medal
Derived terms
- bronzejar-se
- bronzejat
- Edat del bronze
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brɔnɡsə/, [ˈb̥ʁʌŋsə]
Noun
bronze c (singular definite bronzen, plural indefinite bronzer)
- (uncountable) bronze (element; colour)
- (countable) bronze (work of art made of bronze), bronze medal
Inflection
Inflection of bronze
External links
-
bronze on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɔ̃z/
Noun
bronze m (plural bronzes)
- bronze (metal, work of art)
Derived terms
- mouler un bronze
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from French bronze, from Italian bronzo, either from Byzantine Greek βροντησίον (brontēsíon), presumably from Βρεντήσιον (Brentḗsion, “Brindisi”), known for the manufacture of bronze; or ultimately from Persian برنج (birinj, biranj, “brass”) ~ پرنگ (piring, “copper”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾõ.zi/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾõ.ze/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɾõ.zɨ/
Noun
bronze m (plural bronzes)