bronze

  • 41bronze — noun 1 metal ADJECTIVE ▪ cast ▪ burnished, polished VERB + BRONZE ▪ be cast in, be made from/in/of/out of ▪ …

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  • 42bronze — /brɒnz / (say bronz) noun 1. Metallurgy a. a durable brown alloy, consisting essentially of copper and tin. b. any of various other copper base alloys, such as aluminium bronze, manganese bronze, silicon bronze, etc. The term implies a product… …

  • 43BRONZE —    The alloy of copper and tin employed from the Bronze Age onward in central Italy as the main utilitarian metal, partly substituted by iron in the Villanovan and full Etruscan periods. The benefit of using bronze was its adaptability of use; it …

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  • 44bronze — bronze1 [ branz ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a hard brown metal used for making STATUES and objects for decoration. It is made by mixing COPPER and TIN. 2. ) uncount a red brown color 3. ) count a STATUE of a person or animal, made of bronze 4. ) count …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 45bronze — 1 noun 1 (U) a hard metal that is made of a mixture of copper (1) and tin 1 (1) 2 (U) the dark red brown colour of bronze 3 (C) a work of art such as a statue (=model of a person), made of bronze 4 (C) a bronze medal 2 adjective 1 made of bronze …

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  • 46bronze — I UK [brɒnz] / US [brɑnz] noun Word forms bronze : singular bronze plural bronzes ** 1) [uncountable] a hard brown metal used for making statues and objects for decoration. It is made by mixing copper and tin. 2) [countable] a statue of a person… …

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  • 47bronze — [[t]brɒnz[/t]] n. v. bronzed, bronz•ing, adj. 1) mel a) any of various alloys consisting essentially of copper and tin, the tin content not exceeding 11 percent b) any of various other alloys having a large copper content 2) a metallic brownish… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 48bronze — 1. noun /bɹɒnz,bɹɑnz/ a) A natural or man made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals. b) A reddish brown colour, the colour of bronze. 2 …

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  • 49Bronze — Bron·ze [ brõːsə] die; , n; 1 nur Sg; eine Mischung aus Kupfer und Zinn, die eine gelbbraune Farbe hat || K : Bronzemedaille 2 eine Statue, Plastik aus ↑Bronze (1) || K : Bronzeguss 3 eine ↑Farbe (2), die feinen Metallstaub enthält || K :… …

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  • 50Bronze — die Bronze (Grundstufe) gelblich braunes Metall, aus dem man Denkmäler und Medaillen macht Beispiel: Er hat Bronze geholt, obwohl er mit Gold oder Silber gerechnet hat. Kollokation: eine Glocke aus Bronze die Bronze (Aufbaustufe) Medaille für den …

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