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Brass vs. Chrome

Brass and Chrome Definitions

Brass

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

Chrome

Chromium or a chromium alloy.

Brass

Ornaments, objects, or utensils made of this alloy.

Chrome

Something plated with a chromium alloy.

Brass

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

Chrome

A pigment containing chromium.
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Brass

Brass instruments or their players considered as a group.

Chrome

To plate with chromium.

Brass

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

Chrome

To tan or dye with a chromium compound.

Brass

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

Chrome

Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
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Brass

(Informal) Bold self-assurance; effrontery.

Chrome

(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.

Brass

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

Chrome

Handguns

Brass

Chiefly British Money.

Chrome

(transitive) To plate with chrome.
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Brass

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

Chrome

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

Brass

A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten

Chrome

Same as Chromium.

Brass

Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass

Chrome

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

Brass

(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

Chrome

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

Brass

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

Chrome

Plate with chromium;
Chrome bathroom fixtures

Brass

(uncountable) The colour of brass.

Chrome

Treat with a chromium compound

Brass

High-ranking officers.
The brass are not going to like this.
The brass is not going to like this.

Brass

A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.
You've got a lot of brass telling me to do that!

Brass

Money.

Brass

Inferior composition.

Brass

A brass nail; a prostitute.

Brass

Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

Brass

Of the colour of brass.

Brass

(informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.

Brass

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

Brass

Of inferior composition.

Brass

(slang) Brass monkey; cold.

Brass

(transitive) To coat with brass.

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.

Brass

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.

Brass

Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey.

Brass

Impudence; a brazen face.

Brass

Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
The very scullion who cleans the brasses.

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.

Brass

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

Brass

An alloy of copper and zinc

Brass

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

Brass

The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;
He claims that the present administration is corrupt
The governance of an association is responsible to its members
He quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment

Brass

Impudent aggressiveness;
I couldn't believe her boldness
He had the effrontery to question my honesty

Brass

An ornament or utensil made of brass

Brass

The section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

Brass

A memorial made of brass

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