A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; the section of an orchestra that features such instruments
Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass
A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten
The colour of brass.
A brass nail; a prostitute.
Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.
Inferior composition.
A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.
High-ranking officers.
Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.
Of the colour of brass.
Impertinent, bold: brazen.
Of inferior composition.
Brass monkey; cold.
To coat with brass.
A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
The shell of this sea animal.
Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”)
The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.