Definition of brass

"brass" in the noun sense

1. brass

an alloy of copper and zinc

2. 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. 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. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek

impudent aggressiveness

"I couldn't believe her boldness"

"he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

5. brass

an ornament or utensil made of brass

6. brass section, brass

the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

7. brass, memorial tablet, plaque

a memorial made of brass

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Quotations for brass

More enduring than brass. [ Horace ]

Establish liberty on a rock of brass. [ Robespierre ]

Virtue's a stronger guard than brass. [ Edmund Waller ]

Your old brass will bring you a new pan. [ Proverb ]

It deserves with characters of brass,
A forted residence against the tooth of time
And razure of oblivion. [ William Shakespeare ]

True, conscious honor is to feel no sin;
He's armed without that's innocent within,
Be this thy screen and this thy wall of brass. [ Horace ]

And as great seamen, using all their wealth
And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths.
In tall ships richly built and ribbed with brass,
To put a girdle round about the world. [ Geo. Chapman ]

The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle. [ Proverb ]

The touchstone distinguishes between gold and brass. [ Proverb ]

Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. [ Chesterfield ]

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water. [ Shakespeare ]

If you live among men, the heart must either break or turn to brass. [ Chamfort ]

Two pots stood by a river, one of brass, the other of clay; the water carried them away; the earthen vessel kept aloof from the other. [ L'Estrange ]

If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal souls, if we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love of fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which will brighten all eternity. [ Daniel Webster ]

brass in Scrabble®

The word brass is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters brass:

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brass in Words With Friends™

The word brass is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters brass:

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Words within the letters of brass

2 letter words in brass (3 words)

3 letter words in brass (5 words)

4 letter words in brass (3 words)

5 letter words in brass (1 word)

brass + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving brass

Shorter words in brass

as ass

as bras

bra bras

Longer words containing brass

brassage brassages

brassard brassards

brassart brassarts

brassband brassbands

brassed

brasseries

brasses zebrasses

brassfounder brassfounders

brassfounding brassfoundings

brassica brassicas brassicasterol

brassier brassiere

brassiest

brassily

brassiness

brassing

brasslike

brassware brasswares

brasswork brassworker brassworkers

brasswork brassworks

brassy

zebrass zebrasses