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BRASSES
- A yellow alloy of copper and zinc
- A decorative object made of such an alloy
- A memorial, typically medieval, consisting of a flat piece of inscribed brass, laid in the floor or set into the wall of a church
- In extended or metaphorical use referring to a person's hardness or effrontery
- BRASS, to coat with brass (an alloy of copper and zinc) [v]
- A brass block or die used for stamping a design on a book binding
- Money
- Brass wind instruments (including trumpet, horn, trombone) forming a band or a section of an orchestra
- People in authority or of high military rank