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bronze

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–noun

Metallurgy.

a.	any of various alloys consisting essentially of copper and tin, the tin content not exceeding 11 percent.

b.	any of various other alloys having a large copper content.

2.	a metallic brownish color.

3.	a work of art, as a statue, statuette, bust, or medal, composed of bronze.

4.	Numismatics. a coin made of bronze, esp. one from the Roman Empire.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to give the appearance or color of bronze to.

6.	to make brown, as by exposure to the sun: The sun bronzed his face.

Printing.

a.	to apply a fine metallic powder to (the ink of a printed surface) in order to create a glossy effect.

b.	to apply a fine metallic powder to (areas of a reproduction proof on acetate) in order to increase opacity.

–adjective

8.	having the color bronze.

[Origin: 1730–40; < F < It, of obscure orig.

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—Related forms

bronzy, bronzelike, adjective

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bronze Audio Help (brŏnz) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. Any of various alloys of copper and tin in various proportions, sometimes with traces of other metals.
2. Any of various alloys of copper, with or without tin, and antimony, phosphorus, or other components.
3. A moderate yellowish to olive brown.
4. A pigment of this color.
A work of art made of one of these alloys.
A medal made of bronze awarded to one placing third in a competition, as in the Olympics.
1. A moderate yellowish to olive brown.
2. A pigment of this color.

adj.

Made of or consisting of bronze.
Of a moderate yellowish to olive brown.

tr.v. bronzed, bronz·ing, bronz·es

To give the color or appearance of bronze to.
To make brown by exposure to the sun; tan.

[French, from Italian bronzo.]

bronz'er n., bronz'y adj.

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Bronzing

Bronze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bronzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bronzing.] [Cf. F. bronzer. See Bronze, n.]

1. To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.

The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger. --W. Black.

2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead. --Sir W. Scott.

Bronzed skin disease. (Pathol.) See Addison's disease.

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