What does Bronze mean?
Definitions for Bronze
brɒnzbronze
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Princeton's WordNet
bronzenoun
an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
bronzeadjective
a sculpture made of bronze
bronze, bronzyadjective
of the color of bronze
bronzeverb
made from or consisting of bronze
bronzeverb
give the color and appearance of bronze to something
"bronze baby shoes"
tan, bronzeverb
get a tan, from wind or sun
Wiktionary
bronzenoun
A natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.
bronzenoun
A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
bronzenoun
A bronze medal
bronzeverb
To plate with bronze.
My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
bronzeverb
To color bronze.
bronzeverb
To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
bronzeadjective
Made of bronze metal.
bronzeadjective
Having a reddish-brown colour.
bronzeadjective
Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.
Etymology: From bronzo, from bronzino, from aes Brundisinus. Otherwise from برنج.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bronzenoun
Etymology: bronze, Fr.
Imbrown’d with native bronze, lo! Henley stands,
Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. Alexander Pope, Dunc.I view with anger and disdain,
How little gives thee joy or pain;
A print, a bronze, a flower, a root,
A shell, a butterfly can do’t. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon. These additions produce a range of alloys that may be harder than copper alone, or have other useful properties, such as strength, ductility, or machinability. The archaeological period in which bronze was the hardest metal in widespread use is known as the Bronze Age. The beginning of the Bronze Age in western Eurasia and India is conventionally dated to the mid-4th millennium BCE (~3500 BCE), and to the early 2nd millennium BCE in China; elsewhere it gradually spread across regions. The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age starting from about 1300 BCE and reaching most of Eurasia by about 500 BCE, although bronze continued to be much more widely used than it is in modern times. Because historical artworks were often made of brasses (copper and zinc) and bronzes with different compositions, modern museum and scholarly descriptions of older artworks increasingly use the generalized term "copper alloy" instead.
Webster Dictionary
Bronzeadjective
an alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal
Bronzeadjective
a statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze
Bronzeadjective
a yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze
Bronzeadjective
boldness; impudence; "brass."
Bronzenoun
to give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals
Bronzenoun
to make hard or unfeeling; to brazen
Freebase
Bronze
Bronze race is a term used by early 20th century Latin American writers of the indigenista and americanista schools to refer to the mestizo population that arose in America with the arrival of European colonists and their intermingling with the New World's indigenous Native American peoples. Mexican poet Amado Nervo wrote "La Raza de Bronce" as an elegiac poem in honor of former president Benito Juárez in 1902. Bolivian indigenista writer Alcides Arguedas used the term in his 1919 work, La Raza de Bronce, a study of the natives of the Andean altiplano. It was later used by Mexican luminary José Vasconcelos in La Raza Cósmica. The term was revived in the 1960s by Chicano ethnic group MEChA to refer to Latinos in the United States and the people in Mexico as a unified "race", similar to the black and white races. In this sense it is largely synonymous to the notion of the Chicano nation. The decision to call it a separate "race" may have been influenced by the contemporary negative views of "ethnic" or "nation" based nationalism and positive views of "race" based nationalism. The notion was first enunciated in the Plan Espiritual de Aztlan document.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bronze
bronz, n. an alloy of copper and tin used in various ways since the most ancient times: anything cast in bronze: the colour of bronze: (fig.) impudence.—adj. made of bronze: coloured like bronze.—v.t. to give the appearance of bronze to: (fig.) to harden.—adj. Bronzed, coated with bronze: hardened.—ns. Bronze′-steel, or Steel-bronze, a specially hardened bronze; Bronze′-wing, Bronze′-pi′geon, a species of Australian pigeon having wings marked with a lustrous bronze colour.—v.t. Bronz′ify, to make into bronze.—ns. Bronz′ing, the process of giving the appearance of bronze; Bronz′ite, a lustrous kind of diallage.—adj. Bronz′y, having the appearance of bronze.—Bronze age or period, a term in prehistoric archæology denoting the condition or stage of culture of a people using bronze as the material for cutting implements and weapons—as a stage of culture coming between the use of stone and the use of iron for those purposes—not an absolute division of time, but a relative condition of culture. [Fr.—It. bronzo—L. Brundusium, the modern Brindisi.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
bronze
See Ordnance, Metals for, Bronze.
bronze
Gun-barrels are bronzed by acting upon them with the chloride or butter of antimony, or with hydrochloric or nitric acids, when the surface of the iron gets partially eaten into, and covered with a thin film of oxide, after which the gun-barrel is thoroughly cleaned, oiled, and burnished. A brownish shade is thus communicated to the barrel, which protects it from rust, and at the same time renders it less conspicuous to an enemy.
Entomology
Bronze
the color of old brass.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Bronze in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Bronze in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Bronze in a Sentence
If anyone finds me on a doubles court again, shoot me. The emotions have been ridiculous this week, it's an incredibly intense game, it's a brain ache. I'm so pleased to win bronze and it's a huge accomplishment for Declan and I.
That (indoor meets) will be important because when I started training, I didn't have that pop, that burst of speed, i've tasted gold, silver and bronze and gold tastes the best.
The most important medal for me was the team medal, then the all-around medal and then this one (in vault), really I didn't expect this when I was coming here, I thought I could win a bronze, but then the other gymnasts made some mistakes and that allowed me to win the gold medal.
It’s my first time being so emotional on the track, i always thought I came up short winning bronze and silver, so it’s just good to have that gold medal. No one can take that away from me.
This weekend, Gwen Barry, who hopes to represent the United States as an Olympian on the hammer throwing events, won a bronze medal at the trials, and then Gwen Barry turned Gwen Barry back on the flag while the anthem played, does President Biden think that is appropriate behavior for someone who hopes to represent Team USA ?
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Translations for Bronze
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- برونزArabic
- бронз, бронзовBulgarian
- bronzeCatalan, Valencian
- bronzový, bronzová, bronzCzech
- efyddWelsh
- bronze, bronzere, bronzefarvetDanish
- bronzen, BronzeGerman
- μπρούντζινο, ορείχαλκος, ερυθρόφαιο, μπρούντζοςGreek
- bronzoEsperanto
- pavonar, broncínea, obra de arte hecha de bronce, bronceado, tostado, broncíneo, bronceSpanish
- pronksEstonian
- brontzeBasque
- برنزPersian
- pronssinvärinen, ruskettunut, pronssata, pronssinen, pronssi, pronssiteosFinnish
- bronsaFaroese
- bronze, hâlé, airainFrench
- bronceGalician
- ארדHebrew
- कांसा, कांसीHindi
- bronzHungarian
- բրոնզArmenian
- perungguIndonesian
- bronzoIdo
- abbronzato, bronzeo, bronzoItalian
- 青銅, 青銅色, ブロンズJapanese
- ბრინჯაოGeorgian
- ಕಂಚುKannada
- 청동, 青銅Korean
- aesLatin
- perunggu, gangsaMalay
- काँसोNepali
- bronzen, bronskleurig, bronskleur, bronsDutch
- bronse, bronsefarge, bronsefarget, bronsereNorwegian
- béésh łichíiʼiiNavajo, Navaho
- brązowy, brązPolish
- bronze, brônzeo, bronzeadoPortuguese
- bronzat, bronza, bronzRomanian
- бронза, бронзовыйRussian
- कांस्यSanskrit
- bronzSlovak
- bronast, bronca, bronSlovene
- bronsfärgad, brons, bronsfärgSwedish
- కంచుTelugu
- tunç, bronzTurkish
- کانسی, کانساUrdu
- bronsötVolapük
- בראָנדזYiddish
- 青銅Chinese
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