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US
/ˈbɹæs/
]
[ UK /bɹˈɑːs/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈɑːs/ ]
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
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impudent aggressiveness
I couldn't believe her boldness
he had the effrontery to question my honesty - an ornament or utensil made of brass
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the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
the governance of an association is responsible to its members
he claims that the present administration is corrupt
he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment - the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
- an alloy of copper and zinc
- a memorial made of brass
How To Use brass In A Sentence
- The lorde, Generall perceiuing that many men were slaine with the ordenance, caused fiue peeces of brasse to bee brought from the castle which we had taken the daie before, and towarde the euening we beganne to make a battery, and the same euening brought into it three peeces, whereof two were placed presentlie to play vppon the Castle and the hill; but that euening were but fiue or sixe shotte made. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
- Certainly both the music and these performances have real rhythmic life and a good deal of energy, even if some passages are over-scored and tip over into brassy bombast.
- The music promises to be superb:James MacMillan has been commissioned to write two pieces: one for choir, organ, brass and timps, the other for choir a cappella. Archive 2009-05-01
- And how about my father's Graflex that I had never used, and my baby clothes in the brassbound trunk and the files full of dead people's passport photos? Earthly Possessions
- Rich, warm string tone, sweet, elegant winds, and mellow, sonorous brass are the hallmarks of the ‘Saxony sound’.
- But, as soon as that box landed, as soon as he delved in and lifted out his brassie and his spoon and his cleek, Reid did not have a single complaint in the whole wide world.
- I've been using the kitchen balance scale and must have miscounted the total of the little brass weights.
- At the conclusion eight horns (led by Michelle Perry of the Empire Brass) rang out triumphantly.
- The two-piece brass section added a full and funky sound that helped detract from the sameness and blandness of many of Mayer's songs.
- It's the King coming and the sound of those who herald him with horns of brass pressed to their mouths.