brass /bräs/ or (Spenser) bras

1. An alloy of copper and zinc
2. Bronze (obsolete)
3. Effrontery (slang)
4. Money (informal)
5. An article or fixture of brass
6. A renewable sleeve for a bearing (engineering)
7. A memorial plate of brass in a church
8. (collectively) the brass wind instruments or their players in an orchestra or band
9. A prostitute (slang)

Made of brass

brassˈily adverb

brassˈiness noun

brassˈy noun

1. An old-fashioned club which had a brass sole, corresponding to a two-wood (also brassˈie; also adjective)
2. A bronze-coloured fish, the bib or pout

1. Like brass in appearance, hardness, sound, or otherwise
2. Brazen-faced
3. Showy, loud

brass band noun

1. A band of players of (mainly) brass wind instruments
2. A small military band

brassˈ-bounder noun (obsolete)

1. A midshipman
2. A privileged apprentice on a ship for whom a premium is paid (so called from his gold braid)

brassˈ-faced adjective (informal)

Impudent, shameless

brass farthing noun (informal)

Something of very little or no value

brassˈfounder noun

A person who casts objects in brass

brassˈfounding noun

• lady ferns
• ladyfied
• ladyfies
• ladyfly
• ladyfy
• ladyfying
• lady-help
• lady-helps
• ladyhood
• ladyhoods
• lady-in-waiting
• ladyish
• ladyism
• ladyisms
• lady-killer
• lady-killers
• ladykin
• ladykins
• ladylike
• ladylikeness
• lady-love
• lady-loves
• Lady Muck
• lady of the night
• Lady Provost