what does brass mean?
BRASS as NOUN
- Meaning
- a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
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- an ornament or utensil made of brass
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- I couldn”t believe her boldness
- he had the effrontery to question my honesty
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- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
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- he claims that the present administration is corrupt
- the governance of an association is responsible to its members
- he quickly became rec
Hypernyms(s) brass is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
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- an alloy of copper and zinc
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