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Dictionary:
bronze |bränz|
noun
a yellowish-brown
alloy of copper with up to one-third tin.
• a yellowish-brown color : rich, gleaming shades of bronze.
•
a work of sculpture or other object made of bronze.
• short for bronze medal .
adjective
made of or colored
like bronze : a bronze statue.
verb [ trans. ] (usu. be bronzed)
make (a person or part of the body) suntanned :
Alison was bronzed by outdoor life | [as adj. ] ( bronzed) bronzed and powerful arms.
• give a surface of bronze
or something resembling bronze to : the doors were bronzed with sculpted reliefs.
DERIVATIVES
bronzy adjective
ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (as a verb): from French bronze (noun), bronzer (verb), from Italian bronzo, probably from Persian
birinj ‘brass.’
