Associations to the word «Bronze»

Wiktionary

BRONZE, noun. (uncountable) A natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.
BRONZE, noun. (countable and uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
BRONZE, noun. (countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
BRONZE, noun. A bronze medal.
BRONZE, noun. Boldness; impudence; brass.
BRONZE, adjective. Made of bronze metal.
BRONZE, adjective. Having a reddish-brown colour.
BRONZE, adjective. (of the skin) Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.
BRONZE, verb. (transitive) To plate with bronze.
BRONZE, verb. (transitive) To color bronze.
BRONZE, verb. (intransitive) (of the skin) To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
BRONZE, verb. (transitive) To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
BRONZE AGE, proper noun. (archaeology) A period in a civilization's development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze.
BRONZE AGE, proper noun. (mythology) One of the Classical Ages of Man, associated with warfare.
BRONZE AGE, proper noun. Alternative letter-case form of Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE COLLAPSE, proper noun. (history) The transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the eastern Mediterranean and southwestern Asia, characterised by the collapse of the Hittite, Egyptian, Mycenean and Canaanite civilisations.
BRONZE DISEASE, noun. Addison's disease
BRONZE JOHN, proper noun. (archaic) yellow fever
BRONZE MEDAL, noun. A medal made of, or having the colour of, bronze, used as a prize for finishing in third place
BRONZE MEDAL, noun. (by extension) Finishing in third position.
BRONZE MEDALIST, noun. Someone who has received a bronze medal
BRONZE MEDALISTS, noun. Plural of bronze medalist
BRONZE MEDALLIST, noun. Alternative form of bronze medalist
BRONZE MEDALLISTS, noun. Plural of bronze medallist
BRONZE MEDALS, noun. Plural of bronze medal
BRONZE RACE, noun. A mestizo race formed in America from indigenous people and Spanish colonizers.
BRONZE STAR, proper noun. A United States Armed Forces individual military decoration, the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service
BRONZE STEEL, noun. A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, formerly used for guns.
BRONZE WHALER, noun. The copper shark.
BRONZE YELLOW, noun. A yellowish brown colour, like that of bronze.
BRONZE YELLOW, adjective. Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of bronze.

Dictionary definition

BRONZE, noun. An alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin.
BRONZE, noun. A sculpture made of bronze.
BRONZE, verb. Give the color and appearance of bronze to something; "bronze baby shoes".
BRONZE, verb. Get a tan, from wind or sun.
BRONZE, adjective. Of the color of bronze.
BRONZE, adjective. Made from or consisting of bronze.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope