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bronze Definition

bronze (bränz)

noun

    1. an alloy consisting chiefly of copper and tin
    2. any of certain other alloys with a copper base
  2. an article, esp. a sculpture, made of bronze
  3. a reddish-brown color
  4. bronze medal

Etymology: Fr < It bronzo & ML bronzium; assoc. with L Brundisium, Brindisi, but prob. ult. < Pers birinǧ, copper

adjective

of or like bronze

transitive verb bronzed, bronz′·ing

to give a bronze color or coat to

Etymology: Fr bronzer < the n.

bronze Related Forms
bronz′y adjective
bronze Synonyms

bronze

modif.

  1. Made of bronze

    bell-metal, copper alloy, cast bronze; see metallic 1.

  2. Having the color of bronze

    coppercolored, reddish-brown, burnished, russet, rust; see also brown, gold 2.

bronze Synonyms

bronze

n.

Varieties of bronze include: white, steel, phosphor, aluminum, manganese, malleable, Bavarian, ormolu, chemical;

bronze Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • burnish: She chooses the burnished bronze and puts it in her ear lobes ( ?
  • clinch: Laybourn clinched bronze in the final in a time of 8.19 secs with Robinson a notable fourth in an improved time of 8.20 secs.
  • win: They won bronze at the 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpur.
  • decorate: She was buried with pieces of gold jewelry, decorated bronze and clay vessels and the skull of a bull.

Adjective modifier

  • molten: Then the furnaces fire up to prepare the molten bronze - a mix with 22 or 23 % tin is used.
  • leaded: Leaded bronze Lead is added to bronze in small quantities of 1 % - 2 % to improve machinability.
  • polished: His eyes were like blazing torches; his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze.
  • Olympic: After winning Olympic bronze over 10,000m in 1972, he failed to start his 5,000m heat for reasons that have never been made clear.

Modifies a noun

  • medal: In 1988, Thompson lost the bronze medal by only 22 points.
  • medallist: She was delighted to receive her medal from Olympic bronze medallist Katherine Merry.
  • statue: The bronze statues in the gardens are the work of local sculptor John Robinson.
  • plaque: The bronze plaque on the tomb commemorating her, has recently been stolen.
  • sculpture: An existing bronze sculpture has been relocated to the southwest corner of the site to provide a landmark from the road.
  • bust: The bronze bust is now displayed in the study of Mr Townsend's home.

Noun used with modifier

  • phosphor: Since writing the above I have been able to source a suitable phosphor bronze rod of diameter 1 1/8 inches from Classic Marine.
  • aluminum: For example, aluminum bronzes are used very successfully for inert gas fans in oil tankers.
  • silicon: Bronze The usual alloy for fasteners is silicon bronze.
  • gilt: At each angle is a freestanding gilt bronze statuette of an allegorical female figure.
  • cast: The sculpture is finished in cold cast bronze, antique silver ( nickel brass ) or copper.
  • tin: Phosphor bronze Small additions of phosphorus in tin bronze, typically 0.4 % to l % , improve the castability of the alloy.
bronze Quotes

Tell me, frankly, what ought to remain of Lenin: an art bronze, oil portraits, etchings, watercolours, his secretary's diary, his friends'memoirsö or a file of photographs taken of him at work and rest, archives of his books, writing pads, notebooks, shorthand reports, films, phonograph records? I don't think there's any choice. Art hasno place inmodernlife† Everycultured modern man must wage war against art, as against opium. Photograph and be photographed!

—Rodchenko, Alexander

It was the lovely moonöshe lifted Slowly her white brow among Bronze cloud-waves that ebbed and drifted Faintly, faintlier afar.

—Freeman,John

Exegi monumentum, aere perennius. I have completed a memorial more lasting than bronze.

—Horace full name  Quintus Horatius Flaccus   65

You cankeep thethings of bronze and stoneand give me one man to remember me just once a year.

—Runyon, (Alfred) Damon