brass : Idioms & Phrases

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admiralty brass

  • noun alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark
    Admiralty Metal; Tobin bronze; Admiralty brass.
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alpha brass

  • noun an alloy of brass and zinc; used mainly for cold working
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alpha-beta brass

  • noun a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass; used in making castings and hot-worked products
    yellow metal; Muntz metal.
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bearing brass

  • noun a brass bushing or a lining for a bearing
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Brass band

  • noun a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments
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  • (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
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brass buttons

  • noun South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental
    Cotula coronopifolia.
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brass family

  • noun (music) the family of brass instruments
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Brass foil, Brass leaf

  • brass made into very thin sheets; called also Dutch gold.
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brass hat

  • noun a high-ranking military officer
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brass instrument

  • noun 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
    brass.
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brass knuckles

  • noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
    knuckle duster; knuckles; knucks; brass knuckles.
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brass knucks

  • noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
    knuckle duster; knuckles; knucks; brass knuckles.
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brass monkey

  • noun a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships
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brass ring

  • noun a rich opportunity or a prize
    • he missed the brass ring at the Miami convention
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brass section

  • noun the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
    brass.
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brass-visaged

Brass"-vis"aged adjective
Definitions
  1. Impudent; bold.
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cartridge brass

  • noun an alloy of copper and zinc (containing about 30% zinc) that is wrought into cartridges or tubing
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high brass

  • noun brass with 35% zinc
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high-strength brass

  • noun a brass with from 1-4% manganese to harden it
    manganese bronze.
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low brass

  • noun brass with 30% (or less) zinc
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  • noun alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark
    Admiralty Metal; Tobin bronze; Admiralty brass.
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Red brass

  • noun brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry
    guinea gold.
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  • an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc.
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top brass

  • noun the most important persons in a governing body
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White brass

  • a white alloy of copper; white copper.
Webster 1913