BRONZE

[adjective] [not gradable], [noun] - (of) a hard metal made of copper and tinThe church bell is made of bronze. [U]Rodin is famous for his bronze (= statue made of bronze) 'The Thinker'. [C]The bronze river (= yellowish brown, the colour of bronze) wound its way through the valley below.The Bronze Age was the time when tools and weapons were made of bronze, before iron was discovered.Compare Iron Age at iron (METAL); Stone Age at stone (ROCK).A bronze (medal) is a small round piece of bronze given to a person who finishes third in a competition.He got a bronze in the high jump.