brass Значение & определение

Значение на brass на български

• 0 a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc:

  • The door handles were made of brass.

  • The brass seems to me to be too loud in this recording.

  • The church has several beautiful medieval brasses.

• 1 complete confidence and lack of fear:

  • I don't know how she has the brass to do it.

• 2 money

• 3 (of a musical instrument) made of metal and played by blowing:

  • The trumpet and trombone are brass instruments.

  • He plays in the brass section of the orchestra.

• 4 a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc:

  • brass lamps

  • brass door handles

• 5 high-ranking officers in an organization, esp. the military:

  • The Pentagon brass went along with the plan but they were not happy about it.

• 6 (of a musical instrument) made of a metal tube bent into a particular shape and played by blowing:

  • The trumpet and the trombone are brass instruments.

  • He plays in the brass section of the orchestra.

• 7 →  top brass