| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  br nz |
| NOUN: | 1. a. Any of various alloys of copper and tin in various proportions, sometimes with traces of other metals. b. Any of various alloys of copper, with or without tin, and antimony, phosphorus, or other components. 2. A work of art made of one of these alloys. 3. A medal made of bronze awarded to one placing third in a competition, as in the Olympics. 4a. A moderate yellowish to olive brown. b. A pigment of this color. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Made of or consisting of bronze. 2. Of a moderate yellowish to olive brown. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bronzed, bronz·ing, bronz·es
1. To give the color or appearance of bronze to. 2. To make brown by exposure to the sun; tan. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Italian bronzo. | | OTHER FORMS: | bronz er —NOUN
bronzy —ADJECTIVE
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