bronze

Meanings

Noun

• A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.
• A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
• A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
• A bronze medal.
• Boldness; impudence; brass.

Adjective

• Made of bronze metal.
• Having a reddish-brown colour.
• Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.

Verb

• To plate with bronze.
• To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.
• To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
• To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

Origin

• Image:Gladiator Bronzemedaillon.jpg|thumb|A bronze medallion
• 1730-40; from French bronze (1511), from Italian bronzo (13th cent.); see it for more.