Brass vs. Chrome

A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other metals, but usually 67 percent copper and 33 percent zinc.

Chromium or a chromium alloy.

Ornaments, objects, or utensils made of this alloy.

Something plated with a chromium alloy.

The section of a band or an orchestra composed of brass instruments.

A pigment containing chromium.

Brass instruments or their players considered as a group.

To plate with chromium.

A memorial plaque or tablet made of brass, especially one on which an effigy is incised.

To tan or dye with a chromium compound.

A bushing or similar lining for a bearing, made from a copper alloy.

Chromium, when used to plate other metals.

(Informal) Bold self-assurance; effrontery.

(graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.

(Slang) High-ranking military officers or other high officials.

Handguns

Chiefly British Money.

(transitive) To plate with chrome.

(uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

(transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten

Same as Chromium.

Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass

To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

(music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; the section of an orchestra that features such instruments

Another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments

Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.

Plate with chromium;

(uncountable) The colour of brass.

Treat with a chromium compound

High-ranking officers.

A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.

Money.

Inferior composition.

A brass nail; a prostitute.

Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

Of the colour of brass.

(informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.

(slang) Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.

Of inferior composition.

(slang) Brass monkey; cold.

(transitive) To coat with brass.

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.

A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.

Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.

Impudence; a brazen face.

Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.

A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.

Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.

An alloy of copper and zinc

A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

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

Impudent aggressiveness;

An ornament or utensil made of brass

The section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

A memorial made of brass