brass

brass is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.
2. noun. A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
3. noun. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
4. noun. Impudence; a brazen face.
5. noun. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
6. noun. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
7. noun. Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
8. 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
9. noun. a memorial made of brass

   Synonyms: plaque

10. noun. an ornament or utensil made of brass
11. noun. impudent aggressiveness

    "I couldn't believe her boldness"

    "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

    Synonyms: boldness, cheek, face, nerve

12. noun. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

    "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"

    "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"

    Synonyms: administration, establishment, governance, organisation, organization

13. noun. the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
14. noun. an alloy of copper and zinc

Synonyms

plaque, boldness, cheek, face, nerve, administration, establishment, governance, organisation, organization

Common word forms

bras, brassed, brasser, brasses, brassing

Words from these letters

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