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US
/ˈbɹɑnz/
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[ UK /bɹˈɒnz/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈɒnz/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- of the color of bronze
- made from or consisting of bronze
NOUN
- an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
- a sculpture made of bronze
VERB
-
give the color and appearance of bronze to something
bronze baby shoes - get a tan, from wind or sun
How To Use bronze In A Sentence
- Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics.
- Long before the statue was unearthed, the natural process of patination had caused the formation of the red cuprite, blue azurite and green malachite commonly found in ancient bronzes. Apollo Deconstructed
- Also, they were bound with several bands of intricately carved bronze.
- More than 70 marble, bronze, terracotta and plaster busts and life-size sculptures are on display together for the first time in nearly two centuries.
- Christie's had an auction offering a number of Asian collectibles, including an important bronze group of Shiva and Parvati from the Chola dynasty.
- Then you have these reversible jackets, which have bronzed satin type fabric on one side and oatmeal speckles on the other.
- A statue, for instance, is a kind of object which, unlike a lump of bronze, cannot survive much change to its shape.
- Cabinets of coins, medals, and bronze statuettes became a characteristic feature of German princely collections.
- Suspended from a giant parachute, the bronze-colored capsule carrying the taikonaut, coined from the Chinese word for space, touched down at around 6.23 am after a 21-hour journey that took him around the world 14 times.
- In modern times, bronze is an alloy of copper and any metal except zinc.