brass
A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
Noun 4 meanings
A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.
“A few measures later, the brass comes in strong!”
Spent cartridge casings (usually made of brass): the part of the cartridge left over after bullets or shells have been fired.
The color of brass (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
Adjective 4 meanings
Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
Of the color of brass.
Impertinent, bold: brazen.
Of inferior composition.
Verb 1 meaning
To coat with brass.
Etymology
From Middle English bras, bres, from Old English bræs (“brass, bronze”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps representing a backformation from Proto-Germanic *brasnaz (“brazen”), from or related to *brasō (“fire, pyre”).
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BRASS at a glance
BRASS has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (B 3 + R 1 + A 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,447 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with brass
All rhymesOne letter away
- GRASS6
- CRASS7
- BRASH10
- BRATS7
- BRAGS8
- BRAES7
- BRADS8
- BRAYS10
- FRASS8
- BRANS7
- BRISS7
- BRAKS11
- BRAST7
- TRASS5
- BRAWS10
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