BRONZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronze mean? 

• BRONZE (noun)
  The noun BRONZE has 2 senses:

1. an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin

2. a sculpture made of bronze

  Familiarity information: BRONZE used as a noun is rare.

• BRONZE (adjective)
  The adjective BRONZE has 2 senses:

1. of the color of bronze

2. made from or consisting of bronze

  Familiarity information: BRONZE used as an adjective is rare.

• BRONZE (verb)
  The verb BRONZE has 2 senses:

1. give the color and appearance of bronze to something

2. get a tan, from wind or sun

  Familiarity information: BRONZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRONZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bronze" is a kind of...):

copper-base alloy (any alloy whose principal component is copper)

Meronyms (substance of "bronze"):

atomic number 29; copper; Cu (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bronze"):

gunmetal (a type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water))

phosphor bronze (a corrosion-resistant bronze containing phosphorus; used in bearings and gears)

alpha bronze (an alloy of copper and tin that can be worked)

bell metal (bronze with 3 or 4 parts copper to 1 part tin; used in making bells)

beryllium bronze (a copper-base alloy containing beryllium)

leaded bronze (bronze to which 1-4% lead is added)

nickel bronze (a bronze containing up to 30% nickel)

silicon bronze (a bronze with 2-3% silicon that is resistant to corrosion)

Derivation:

bronze (give the color and appearance of bronze to something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sculpture made of bronze

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bronze" is a kind of...):

sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)

• BRONZE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the color of bronze

Synonyms:

bronze; bronzy

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Made from or consisting of bronze

Similar:

metal; metallic (containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal)

• BRONZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bronze    ... he / she / it bronzes   
Past simple: bronzed   
Past participle: bronzed   
-ing form: bronzing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give the color and appearance of bronze to something

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

bronze baby shoes

Hypernyms (to "bronze" is one way to...):

dye (color with dye)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

bronze (an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get a tan, from wind or sun

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bronze; tan

Hypernyms (to "bronze" is one way to...):

color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bronze"):

suntan (get a tan from being exposed to the sun)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Symptoms include hepatomegaly, arthritis, diabetes mellitus, and bronzed skin.

(Iron overload, NCI Thesaurus)

In the stern he saw a young bronzed god in scarlet hip-cloth dipping a flashing paddle.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I have forgotten to say that the bronze ended with his face.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It may also cause bronze skin, diabetes, pain in the joints and abdomen, tiredness, and impotence.

(Hemochromatosis, NCI Dictionary)

Thanks to good brother Bartholomew, I carve in wood and in ivory, and can do something also in silver and in bronze.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That delicately bronzed skin, almost oriental in its coloring, that raven hair, the large liquid eyes, the full but exquisite lips,—all the stigmata of passion were there.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Do you know, Jane, I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Third place and the bronze medal went to Abderrahman Samba of Qatar with a time of 48.03 seconds.

(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)

My uncle touched me on the shoulder, and we were about to leave, when Ambrose, whose bronze mask had been drawn down once more over his fiery passions, came demurely towards him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To Jo I leave my breastpin, the one mended with sealing wax, also my bronze inkstand—she lost the cover—and my most precious plaster rabbit, because I am sorry I burned up her story.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)