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Meanings of brass in English

Portuguese
administração
Catalan
organització
Spanish
administración
Wikidata

The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something.

      administração
      Russian
      медно-цинковый сплав
      Portuguese
      latão
      Spanish
      azófar
      Catalan
      llautó
      Wikidata

      Alloy of copper and zinc.

            медно-цинковый сплав
            Portuguese
            ousadia
            Catalan
            barra
            Spanish
            cara

            Impudent aggressiveness.

                  ousadia
                  Portuguese
                  placa comemorativa
                  Catalan
                  placa commemorativa
                  Spanish
                  placa conmemorativa

                  A memorial made of brass.

                        placa comemorativa
                        Usage of brass in English
                        1
                        All the Atomic Energy Commission top brass said there was no danger.
                        Super
                        2
                        Enter what some might view as a counterintuitive counterweight: US military brass.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        Did he really believe brass-finish colonial hardware made some kind of difference?
                        Flesh and blood
                        4
                        The brass nail-heads are in the purest style of the early Renaissance.
                        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
                        5
                        The teachers mourned; still the heavens were brass, and the earth iron.
                        Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
                        6
                        The brass definitely didn't want to draw attention to special maritime training.
                        Aspho Fields
                        7
                        To be fair to the military brass, it wasn't a difficult choice.
                        Pandaemonium
                        8
                        Let's get right down to brass tacks: the Open or the Masters?
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        Points of light twinkled in the polished balls of the brass andirons.
                        Kathleen
                        10
                        The brass-mounted hilt lay in contact with some parts of the fire.
                        The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
                        11
                        The brass band from Black Mountain was in possession of the platform.
                        Gone to Earth
                        12
                        The government types, the navy brass, they call this place The Orphanage.
                        Haunted: a novel of stories
                        13
                        In the middle of the deck, a brass band played popular tunes.
                        The Getting of Wisdom
                        14
                        The bell-knob was of brass, new and glaring in the morning sun.
                        The Slave of the Lamp
                        15
                        The French horn is the most important brass instrument in modern music.
                        Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891
                        16
                        Quin traced the pattern in the table-cover with a massive brass paper-knife.
                        Quin