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Meanings of brass in English
The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something.
Usage of brass in English
1
All the Atomic Energy Commission top brass said there was no danger.
2
Enter what some might view as a counterintuitive counterweight: US military brass.
3
Did he really believe brass-finish colonial hardware made some kind of difference?
4
The brass nail-heads are in the purest style of the early Renaissance.
5
The teachers mourned; still the heavens were brass, and the earth iron.
6
The brass definitely didn't want to draw attention to special maritime training.
7
To be fair to the military brass, it wasn't a difficult choice.
8
Let's get right down to brass tacks: the Open or the Masters?
9
Points of light twinkled in the polished balls of the brass andirons.
10
The brass-mounted hilt lay in contact with some parts of the fire.
11
The brass band from Black Mountain was in possession of the platform.
12
The government types, the navy brass, they call this place The Orphanage.
13
In the middle of the deck, a brass band played popular tunes.
14
The bell-knob was of brass, new and glaring in the morning sun.
15
The French horn is the most important brass instrument in modern music.
16
Quin traced the pattern in the table-cover with a massive brass paper-knife.
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Translations for brass
Catalan
Spanish
Brass through the time
Brass across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
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