noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brass band (= a band of brass instruments such as trumpets and trombones )
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A brass band was playing in the park.
a brass instrument
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The tuba is the deepest of the brass instruments.
brass band
brass knuckles
brass rubbing
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a brass rubbing
instrumental/string/brass etc ensemble
top brass
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The top brass are coming in from Washington to see how we do things here.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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There was the big brass bed with its snowy white sheets, its marshmallow pillows and top-cover of fringed ivory lace.
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They were tough-looking Feldgendarmen, military policemen, with big brass plaques on their chests.
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When the shrine was full, Kalchu began to pull the cord of the big brass bell hanging above his head.
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Nobody answered and, after a few minutes, Doug tried the big brass handle.
bold
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Suddenly, up came Miss Stark, bold as brass and dressed in gold foil.
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She marched into his big library as bold as brass , and stood in front of his favourite chair.
large
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The charming honeymoon suite has its own gallery and a large double Victorian brass bed.
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Anthony's oak coffin had a large brass crucifix on the lid.
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It was fitted with large brass sharks and starfish, and was open on two sides.
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I glimpsed a large brass bed, more ikons, photographs.
old
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Ashley got more excited over his new bit of stainless steel than Les did with his old brass .
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On the counter itself was a bell, the old brass kind on which one banged a button.
polished
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She checked the number on the polished brass wall-plaque and knew she had arrived.
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The gin palaces are out, polished brass , blaring radios and peaked hats, and they don't care.
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But while the upper edges of the thickening cloud were bright as polished brass , underneath they were a sullen purple.
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Again the patina is a deep black and contrasts with brightly polished silver, brass and gold inlay decoration.
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As well as a beautiful polished brass fire it has central heating, a shower and a flush toilet.
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Her hair gleamed like a hastily polished brass pot, its tiny dents reddish brown.
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The sun was beating down on rows of glittering white yachts, flashing on aluminium masts and highly polished brass and chrome.
small
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A small brass above a doorbell bore the words: Kristof Laszlo, Photographer.
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Every available surface was crowded with small brass souvenirs.
solid
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Crafted from hand-forged steel and solid brass , the range covers every style.
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Shamrock cup and saucer by Beleek Bestlite 31170 solid brass lamp base with dark green enamelled shade.
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The chair, with its folding leg rest, is made of teak and has solid brass fittings.
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Made from red cedar, it is double glazed throughout and all opening window fittings are in solid brass .
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The zipper and snaps are solid brass .
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The prime materials used are solid hardwoods and solid brass .
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Holdback finished in white with solid brass leaf highlights, £32.95 per pair; also in brass finish.
top
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More recently, this was made into a luxury hotel for the top brass of the Communist world.
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I thought it was military to allow the top brass at home a more direct control.
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Have you told the top brass yet?
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Would this be because she had something to hide, he wondered, or was she inhibited by her clerical top brass .
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It was now necessary to give Klepner visibility in front of Cocello and the top brass .
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The only way you kept the top brass in line, reminded them who was the boss.
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He saw the top brass one after the other and noted down his reactions and observations.
■ NOUN
band
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In high season the village brass band plays regular concerts and there are waterski displays most weeks.
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Musical families from all over the borough formed the brass band .
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Once a week there is also a brass band concert.
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A handsome yet sylvan prospect where you could promenade to the music of brass bands .
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Free activities: The brass band gives regular concerts, there are guided walks and even occasional windsurfing regattas!
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It was flag bedecked and in front of it a brass band were parading in breeches, green-Loden jackets and cocked hats.
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Finding it caused quite a stir in the brass band world.
bed
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There was the big brass bed with its snowy white sheets, its marshmallow pillows and top-cover of fringed ivory lace.
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There was a shiny brass bed for Melanie with a round-bellied white chamber pot underneath it.
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The charming honeymoon suite has its own gallery and a large double Victorian brass bed .
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I glimpsed a large brass bed , more ikons, photographs.
bedstead
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You glance over the thick tubes that make up the emperor-size brass bedstead , and smile.
fitting
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All the other brass fittings , supplied by Chas.
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Copper is not usually a natural component of water and is picked up by contact with copper and brass fittings or pipes.
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Copper vessels and brass fittings are rapidly attacked under these conditions.
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Leather and brass fittings add a touch of luxury.
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The chair, with its folding leg rest, is made of teak and has solid brass fittings .
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Beryl sat in the back of the car, her large black handbag with brass fittings balanced on her knees.
handle
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She broke the seals, inserted a key, turned it, twisted the brass handle , and opened the heavy door.
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Its hanging brass handles were damaged and tarnished, its once polished top ruined by years of misuse.
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The bell pull had a brass handle polished lovingly to lustre.
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Nobody answered and, after a few minutes, Doug tried the big brass handle .
horse
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This metal will be of particular interest to readers as early horse brasses were cut from it.
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Laughter rattled the horse brasses and echoed in the warming pans.
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Even the horse brasses , hung beside the fire, pub trinkets, reassure me.
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There were copper kettles and warming pans and horse brasses .
instrument
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Vibrato, like all flavouring, needs very fastidious use on brass instruments .
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It boomed as if the whole house was a resonating chamber for the brass instrument on the door.
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Concertos for brass instruments have helped to develop and increase their technical resources.
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Percussion Like brass instruments , percussion is best used sparingly and occasionally.
monkey
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Why doesn't it have a mark on it for absolute brass monkeys ?
plaque
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A simple brass plaque spelt out Brook Advisory Clinic.
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They were tough-looking Feldgendarmen, military policemen, with big brass plaques on their chests.
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The double plinth features a brass plaque commemorating the 1990 Restoration Project.
plate
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I idly noted that a brass plate declared that this bit of garden furniture was sacred to some one's memory.
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It had only a very small, hardly noticeable brass plate outside which gave nothing away.
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Breeze saw the brass plate from afar, and hurried up the path.
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This morning Betty - my cleaner - came in bursting with the news that there was a brass plate outside.
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It was only by chance, returning on the other side, that she saw its brass plate .
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The light from the oil-lamp shone on the brass plate .
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Interestingly the original bank brass plate was discovered in 1983 during drainage excavations in Henley.
rubbing
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He began to make a collection of brass rubbings .
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The old dining-room is now a brass rubbing centre and the drawing-room is used for meetings and lectures.
■ VERB
make
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To make brass containing more zinc than this required access to zinc metal.
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Wherever he needed metal, he installed parts made of brass .
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Compression fittings are made in both brass and gunmetal.
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In the early engines, many of the parts, including the cylinder, were made of brass .
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He began to make a collection of brass rubbings.
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The bed and bedhead are from the same era and are made of brass .
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You glance over the thick tubes that make up the emperor-size brass bedstead, and smile.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brass/rhythm/woodwind/string etc section
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A brass section blares on trumpet, tenor saxophone and bass sax.
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It was in Vegas that Sinatra decided to book Norvo as his opening act and as his regular rhythm section .
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Now, drummers like Roy Haynes or Elvin Jones could be heard and studied, not buried in big-band rhythm sections .
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The rhythm Section became the stars.
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The rhythm section provided a perfect cushion for the soloists, springy and supportive but never obtrusive.
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The string section repeatedly cut through his fraught baritone with great sheets of emotional counterpoint.
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Try I fall in love too easily for the young Marsalis's strong sound gelling with the experience of the rhythm section .
with (brass) knobs on
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a brass bed
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Copper vessels and brass fittings are rapidly attacked under these conditions.
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I lifted the brass fender and got to work pulling the crude green tiles away by hand.
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It is the heavy brass diamonds upon my window, the security grilles; when did I put them there?
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She checked the number on the polished brass wall-plaque and knew she had arrived.
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The metal trim on the livery stable was gleaming like molten brass .
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The woodwind can only be used for doubling notes which are already present in the brass .
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Victorian Bell Pulls were traditionally finished with brass end fittings.