bronze Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
  2. noun a sculpture made of bronze
  3. verb give the color and appearance of bronze to something
    • bronze baby shoes
  4. verb get a tan, from wind or sun
    tan.
  5. adjective satellite of the color of bronze
    bronzy.
  6. adjective satellite made from or consisting of bronze

WordNet

Bronze noun
Etymology
F. bronze, fr. It. bronzo brown, fr. OHG. brn, G. braun. See Brown, a.
Definitions
  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.
Bronze transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. bronzer. See Bronze, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bronzed present participle & verbal noun Bronzing
Definitions
  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 medals.
    The 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.

Webster 1913