Phrase Hound found 98 phrases and 52 compound words that contain brass. The most common are listed below. Open brass in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 98
- brass bandA group of musicians who play brass instruments (sometimes accompanied by percussion).
- brass instrumentAny musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).
- Solid Brass
- brass knucklesA weapon consisting of a metal reinforcement for the clenched fist, with finger holes molded in.
- brass monkeyVery cold.
- brass ringA prize or goal, often a chance to advance in one's career.
- top brassA group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization.
- brass hatA high-ranking officer. Commander.
- brass sectionThe part of an orchestra formed by brass instruments.
- horse brassA brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear.
- bold as brassVery bold; very forward or impudent.
- brass neckGall, shamelessness, cheek.
- alpha brassAny of various malleable brasses with more than 65% copper and less than 35% zinc.
- antique brassA brownish yellow color, like that of brass, but darker.
- brass bandsplural of brass band: A group of musicians who play brass instruments (sometimes accompanied by percussion).
- brass instrumentsplural of brass instrument: Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).
- German brassSynonym of tombak (“a brass alloy also known as red-bronze”)
- red brassgunmetal alloy
- white brassAn alloy of copper and zinc.
- brass ankleA person whose racial heritage is regarded as primarily white, but with a small degree of known or suspected non-white ancestry. A manifestation of the American “one-drop rule” of racial categorization.
- brass monkeysVery cold.
- brass ratA class ring bearing the image of a beaver, worn by graduates of MIT.
- brass upTo pay a debt or hand over money.
- Inner BrassAn island of the United States Virgin Islands.
- Outer BrassAn island of the United States Virgin Islands.
Compound words 52
- brazenMade of brass.
- brassyResembling brass.
- brasswindBrass.
- brassworkerA person who manufactures or shapes brass.
- brassboundBound with brass.
- brassenTo make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour
- brassworkWork or ornamentation made of brass.
- brassfounderA metalworker who casts objects from brass.
- brassfoundingThe work of a brassfounder, casting objects from brass.
- brassishSynonym of brassy: resembling or characteristic of brass.