2. (noun)brass, brass instrument a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
3. (noun)administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
4. (noun)boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek impudent aggressiveness "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
5. (noun)brass an ornament or utensil made of brass
6. (noun)brass section, brass the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
7. (noun)brass, memorial tablet, plaque a memorial made of brass
1. (noun)brass an alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals
5. (noun)brass utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass
6. (noun)brass a brassplate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc
7. (noun)brass lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass
Definitions of brass 
Afrikaans: geelkoper
Arabic: نحاس أصفر
Bulgarian: месинг
Brazilian: latão
Czech: mosaz(ný)
German: das Messing
Danish: messing
Greek: κράμα χαλκού με ψευδάργυρ
Spanish: latón
Estonian: messing
Farsi: برنج
Finnish: messinki
French: (de) laiton
Hebrew: נְחוֹשֶת
Hindi: पीतल
Croatian: mesing, mjed
Hungarian: sárgaréz
Indonesian: kuningan
Icelandic: messing, látún
Italian: ottone, di ottone
Japanese: 真ちゅう
Korean: 놋쇠, 황동
Lithuanian: žalvaris
Latvian: misiņš; misiņa-
Malay: loyang
Dutch: geelkoper; koperen
Norwegian: messing
Polish: mosiądz
Persian: برنج
Pashto: جست
Portuguese: latão
Romanian: (de) alamă
Russian: латунь
Slovak: z mosadze
Slovenian: medenina
Serbian: mesing
Swedish: mässing
Thai: ทองเหลือง
Turkish: pirinç
Taiwanese: 黃銅
Ukrainian: латунь; мідний
Urdu: پیتل
Vietnamese: đồng thau
Chinese: 黄铜
