Gold is similar in color to brass.
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Brass
//bɹɑːs//
Synonyms for "brass" (436 found)
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Closest matches (88)
brass sectionmemorialadcadministrationaideaide-de-campalloyalpenhornalphornalthornalto hornarcharistocracyassuranceaudacityaureateballad hornbandbaritonebaron
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baronsbarrowbass hornbig bandbig gunbig manbig namebigwigbluntboardboard of directorsboard of regentsboard of trusteesboldnessboodleboundary stonebrashnessbrass bandbrass choirbrass hatbrass quintetbrass windbrass-wind instrumentbrassesbrassybrazenbrazen boldnessbreadbrigadierbrigadier generalbronzebronzybuckbucksbuglebugle hornbustcabbagecabinetcadrecairncallithumpian bandcaptaincelebritycenotaphchamber orchestracheekchicken colonelchief of staffchipschutzpahclarioncocolonelcolumncombo
Strong matches (130)
commandantcommandercommander in chiefcommanding officercommissioned officercompany officerconcert bandconfidencecoppercopperycornetcornet-a-pistonscorno di cacciacornopeancouncilcreamcromlechcrosscrustcup
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Related words (218)
lieutenant generallionlituuslords of creationlurmagnatemajormajor generalman of markmanagementmarechalmarkermarshalmausoleummazumamegalithmellophonemementomemorial archmemorial column
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memorial statuememorial stonemenhirmercurialmercurousmilitary bandmogulmoneymonolithmonumentmoolahmopusmoundnabobnamenecrologynervenickelnickelicnickelinenobilitynotabilitynotableobeliskobituaryodofficeroil of palmsointmentone-star generaloofooftishophicleideorchestraorchestral hornorderly officeroverboldnessovercarelessnessoverconfidenceoverlappingoversurenessoverweeningnesspanjandrumperson of renownpersonagepersonalitypewterpewteryphilharmonicpillarpillar of societypipeplaqueplatepocket trumpetpost hornpowerpower elitepower structurepresumptionprizeprostitutepyramidquartetquicksilverquintetragtime bandrashnessreliquaryremembrancerhinoribbonrisaldarrock-and-roll grouprocksrostral columnrudenessruling circleruling circlesruling classsachemsackbutsaucesaxhornsaxtubasectionsenior officerserpentsextetshaftshavetailshekelsshrinesilversilver platedsilver-platedsilverysimoleonssirdarskiffle bandslide trombonesliphornsomebodysomethingsousaphonespondulicsstaff officersteelsteel bandsteelysteering committeestelastonestreet bandstring bandstring choirstring orchestrastring quartetstringsstupasubahdarsubalternsublieutenantsugarswing bandsymphonysymphony orchestratablettemerariousnesstemeritytenor tubatestimonialthe administrationthe bestthe best peoplethe brassthe executivethe greatthe needfulthe old manthe people upstairsthe topthree-star generaltintinnytombtombstonetoptop brasstop peopletopetriotrombatrombonetrophytrumpettubatwo-star generaltycoonuncharinessunwarinessupper classupper crustvalve trombonevalve trumpetvery important personvipwaitswampumwoodwindwoodwind choirwoodwind quartetwoodwindsworthy
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2 entriesTranslations
236 translations across 87 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- tunxh noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Arabic
3 entries- شَبَه noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- صُفَّر noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- صُفْر noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Armenian
2 entries- արույր noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- փող noun (class of wind instruments)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bürünc noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Bashkir
2 entries- еҙ noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- еҙ noun (made of brass (attributive use))
Basque
1 entries- letoi noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Belarusian
1 entries- лату́нь noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Bengali
1 entries- পিতল noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безсрамие noun (informal: a brave or foolhardy attitude)
- гилза noun (spent shell casings)
- духов noun (related to brass instruments (attributive use))
- духови инструменти noun (class of wind instruments)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြေးဝါ noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Catalan
3 entries- llautó noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- metall noun (class of wind instruments)
- pasta noun (slang: money)
Chakma
1 entries- 𑄛𑄨𑄘𑄮𑄣𑄴 noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᏣᏱ noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- ᏣᏱ-ᎠᏑᏫᏓ noun (color of brass)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 銅管 /铜管 noun (class of wind instruments)
- 黃銅 /黄铜 noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- cez noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Czech
4 entries- mosaz noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- mosazný noun (made of brass (attributive use))
- žestě noun (class of wind instruments)
- žesťový noun (related to brass instruments (attributive use))
Danish
1 entries- messing noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Dutch
4 entries- bronzen adj (of color of brass)
- brons noun (color of brass)
- geelkoper noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- geelkoperen noun (made of brass (attributive use))
Esperanto
2 entries- latuna noun (made of brass (attributive use))
- latuno noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Estonian
1 entries- messing noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Faroese
1 entries- messing noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Finnish
4 entries- koppava adj (impertinent, bold, brazen)
- messinginvärinen adj (of color of brass)
- messinki adj (made of brass, of or pertaining to brass)
- messinkinen adj (made of brass, of or pertaining to brass)
French
4 entries- couleur de laiton adj (of color of brass)
- cuivres noun (class of wind instruments)
- douille noun (spent shell casings)
- en laiton noun (made of brass (attributive use))
Galician
4 entries- arxén noun (slang: money)
- azofar noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- cartexos noun (slang: money)
- castón noun (spent shell casings)
Georgian
3 entries- თითბრისფერი adj (of color of brass)
- თითბერი noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- თითბრისფერი noun (color of brass)
German
4 entries- messingfarben adj (of color of brass)
- messinggelb adj (of color of brass)
- Blech noun (class of wind instruments)
- Blechblasinstrumente noun (class of wind instruments)
Greek
1 entries- ορείχαλκος noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Hebrew
1 entries- פְּלִיז noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Hindi
1 entries- पीतल noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Hungarian
4 entries- dohány noun (slang: money)
- fejesek noun (high-ranking military officers)
- lotyó noun (slang: a prostitute)
- messing noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Icelandic
1 entries- látún noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Irish
1 entries- prás noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Italian
4 entries- d'ottone adj (made of brass, of or pertaining to brass)
- dalla faccia di bronzo adj (impertinent, bold, brazen)
- bossolo noun (spent shell casings)
- bronzo noun (color of brass)
Japanese
2 entries- 真鍮 noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- 黄銅 noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Kazakh
1 entries- жез noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tàushûa noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Khmer
1 entries- ទង់ដែង noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Korean
2 entries- 놋쇠 noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- 황동 noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- латунь noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Lao
3 entries- ຄ້ວງ noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- ທອງຫ້າວ noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- ທອງເຫລືອງ noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Latin
4 entries- aurichalcum noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- aurichalcus noun (made of brass (attributive use))
- orichalcum noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- orichalcus noun (made of brass (attributive use))
Latvian
1 entries- misiņš noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žálvaris noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Macedonian
1 entries- месинг noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Malay
3 entries- kuningan noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- loyang noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- tembaga kuning noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Malayalam
1 entries- പിച്ചള noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Maltese
1 entries- ram noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Manx
1 entries- prash noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Mongolian
4 entries- гуулин adj (made of brass, of or pertaining to brass)
- гуулин adj (of color of brass)
- гуулин noun (made of brass (attributive use))
- гуулин хөгжим noun (class of wind instruments)
Māori
3 entries- kuratea noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- parāhi noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- pūtētere noun (class of wind instruments)
Navajo
2 entries- béésh łitsoii noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- dilní daabééshígíí noun (class of wind instruments)
Norman
3 entries- jaûne tchuivre noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- pâlîn noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- trompettes noun (class of wind instruments)
Norwegian
2 entries- messing noun (color of brass)
- stål noun (slang: money)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- messing noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- messing noun (class of wind instruments)
- messinginstrument noun (class of wind instruments)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- messing noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Occitan
1 entries- laton noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Old Armenian
1 entries- արոյր noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Old English
2 entries- bresen adj (made of brass, of or pertaining to brass)
- ār noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Old Tupi
1 entries- itaîubaíba noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Persian
2 entries- برنج noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- برنجی noun (made of brass (attributive use))
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Messinkj noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Polish
4 entries- instrument dęty blaszany noun (class of wind instruments)
- mosiądz noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- mosiężny noun (made of brass (attributive use))
- łuska noun (spent shell casings)
Portuguese
4 entries- bronze adj (of color of brass)
- bronze noun (color of brass)
- de latão noun (made of brass (attributive use))
- dinheiro noun (slang: money)
Romanian
2 entries- alamă noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- alămuri noun (class of wind instruments)
Russian
4 entries- ги́льза noun (spent shell casings)
- духово́й noun (related to brass instruments (attributive use))
- лату́нный noun (made of brass (attributive use))
- лату́нь noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Sanskrit
1 entries- आर noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- pràiseach adj (of color of brass)
- pràis noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- pràiseach noun (made of brass (attributive use))
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mjȅden adj (of color of brass)
- med noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- meden noun (made of brass (attributive use))
- mesing noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Sicilian
2 entries- attuni noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- lattuni noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Slovak
2 entries- mosadz noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- papaláši noun (high-ranking military officers)
Slovene
1 entries- med noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Spanish
4 entries- alatón noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- azófar noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- casquillo noun (spent shell casings)
- cobres noun (class of wind instruments)
Swedish
2 entries- kosing noun (slang: money)
- mässing noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Tajik
2 entries- биринҷ noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- латун noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Telugu
1 entries- ఇత్తడి noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Thai
2 entries- ทองเหลือง noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- ทองเหลือง noun (color of brass)
Tibetan
1 entries- རག noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Turkish
1 entries- pirinç noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Turkmen
1 entries- bürünç noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Ukrainian
2 entries- лату́нь noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- мося́ж noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Unami
2 entries- wisaw-ahsën noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- wisaw-ahsëni noun (made of brass (attributive use))
Urdu
1 entries- پیتل noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Uzbek
2 entries- jez noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- latun noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đồng thau noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Volapük
1 entries- läten noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Yiddish
1 entries- מעש noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Zazaki
2 entries- berence noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
- rız (diq) noun (alloy of copper and zinc)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
We've been horsing around too much; it's high time we got down to brass tacks.
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The brass band marched around the town.
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The brass band members looked very happy.
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