Bronze - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |brɑːnz|  American pronunciation of the word bronze
Brit.  |brɒnz|  British pronunciation of the word bronze

noun

- an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
- a sculpture made of bronze

verb

- give the color and appearance of bronze to something
bronze baby shoes
- get a tan, from wind or sun (syn: tan)

adjective

- of the color of bronze
- made from or consisting of bronze

Extra examples

She won a bronze in skiing.

King won a bronze in the 100 metres.

Habituation to these distressing calumnies has at length bronzed my feelings.

A collection of bronze figures

...although marble and bronze sculptures are monochromatic, they can be amazingly lifelike...

A bronze plaque marked the city's oldest building.

He spat into a bronze spittoon.

A bronze statue was erected in his honour.

I'm hoping to crash the 20-second barrier in the final and get a bronze.

Stone tools precede bronze tools

Word forms

noun
singular: bronze
plural: bronzes
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