BRONZE

Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and tough, and it was so significant in antiquity that the Bronze Age was named after the metal. However, historical pieces were often made interchangeably of brasses, and bronzes with different compositions, so modern museum and scholarly descriptions of older objects increasingly use the more inclusive term "copper alloy" instead. Historically the term latten was used for such alloys.

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bronze

Noun

  1. A natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.
  2. A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
  3. A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
  4. A bronze medal.
  5. Boldness; impudence; brass.

Verb

  1. To plate with bronze.
    My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
  2. To color bronze.
  3. To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

Adjective

  1. Made of bronze metal.
  2. Having a reddish-brown colour.
  3. Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.


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