I. noun
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a bronze medal (= for third place )
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Morrell took the bronze medal in the long jump.
a marble/stone/bronze etc statue
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a magnificent marble statue of Frederick the Great
a stone/marble/bronze etc sculpture (= made of stone, marble etc )
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Opposite the chapel is a bronze sculpture of Cardinal Schwarzenberg.
Bronze Age
bronze medal
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The bronze medal went to Nool of Estonia.
the Bronze Age (= the period of time, between about 6,000 and 4,000 years ago, when bronze was used for making tools, weapons etc )
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■ ADJECTIVE
small
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A small bronze of Flora has been found near the villa.
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A number of small bronze figurines have been found in several locations in southern Britain.
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Other works start at £2,500 and include drawings, small animal bronzes , paper cut-outs and massive plaster heads.
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age
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The River Thames got so low at Wallingford archeologists uncovered a submerged bronze age jetty.
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The Barbarians were knocking about in the late bronze age and iron age.
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The Way runs next to one of the best preserved bronze age enclosures on Dartmoor at Grimspound.
medal
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They have three world bronze medals between them, both brothers being in last year's eight.
statue
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The horse is immortalised by a life size bronze statue at Aintree, presented by Seagram.
■ VERB
cast
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After the artist's death 28 examples were cast in bronze , only 11 of which now remain in private hands.
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They were cast in solid bronze , apparently by the cire perdue method.
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At that speed their controls would have locked solid, as if cast in bronze .
make
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Considerable technical skills were needed to make the bronzes , but the metalworkers used a very small range of techniques.
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A heron or crane had been made out of solid bronze by an artist commissioned by the cultural society.
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The coin is made from copper bronze but has no patina.
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By alloying tin with copper to make bronze we obtain a metal which is much tougher than copper alone.
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If made of bronze and gilded, it is possibly a knife or dagger pommel.
take
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Four years ago in Barcelona, a team that included Miller, Dawes and Strug took the team bronze .
win
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She took third on the 10-meter tower, where she won the bronze in Barcelona.
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The only other previous success was in 1978 when Jennie Loriston-Clarke won an individual bronze in the world championships at Goodwood.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Bronze Age
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Bodies, in the form of George Segal's newest bronzes, fill Janis this month and most of next.
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Creatures, men and women and things, of bronze and marble, breathe the same air as we do.
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Excellent plates show every conceivable aspect from his stamp to gilt bronzes and immaculate carving.
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Later on, of course, there were even more of these unofficial bronzes in circulation.
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Old methods of producing metals such as silver, bronze and iron involved the use of lead.
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The dining room is small and efficient, with walls of polished bronze , mirrors, and tiny paintings of impressionist landscapes.
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These dies were usually made of bronze or steel, and bore the design in intaglio.
II. adjective
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■ NOUN
age
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As prehistory, these are typically based on sequences ranging from palaeolithic stone axes through bronze age pottery to iron age swords.
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He's a rare well preserved example of a person originally thought to be from the bronze age .
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Contrary to our knowledge today, this last was considered to be less civilized than the bronze age that preceded it.
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There were important trading links between Crete and its neighbours in the neolithic and early bronze age .
medal
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He won a bronze medal for Britain in the 1952 Olympics.
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She had not competed well in the 100 meters, earning a bronze medal when gold had been her goal.
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My first Olympic final; the bronze medal .
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He was beaten by both Kubacki and Grigory Veritchev, the 1987 Soviet world champion, who both captured bronze medals .
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She took the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan Am Games.
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Caines claimed the 400m title and Lewis-Francis took the bronze medal in the 60m with a world junior record.
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The winner was assured a bronze medal and had a chance at winning gold.
medalist
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The defending champions ended up second, the bronze medalists fifth.
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Mary Ann Grabavoy and Cynthia Potter, a 1976 bronze medalist , will run the show.
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Aren Nielsen, bronze medalist the last two years, was never a contender and finished eighth.
medallist
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But inter-county rivalry will be of secondary importance for the 23-year-old World Student Games bronze medallist .
sculpture
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The store's bronze sculpture gives customers an insight into the history of Frome.
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Likewise a bronze sculpture is considered an outgrowth of the wax or plaster model from which it is cast.
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His bronze sculptures have the appearance of objects retrieved after many centuries on the sea bed.
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Now the group has helped pay for a bronze sculpture in memory of the navvies.
statue
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It is believed that the temple once contained a bronze statue of Venus, which was later moved to the banqueting House.
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In the Roman Imperial period copper and bronze statues and silver and bronze jewellery were commonly gilded.
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Him reaching up to pat a big bronze statue of himself on the shoulder.
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There is also an equestrian bronze statue of St George, for which Plecnik designed the base.
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A small bronze statue of a ballet dancer was sold for £7,703,500 in an auction at Sotheby's in London.
statuette
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The series of bronze statuettes is paralleled by terracottas, slighter, poorer work as a rule but some very fine.
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Silver cups, bronze statuettes , rose bowls, shields and medallions filled every conceivable space.
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bronze skin
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But inter-county rivalry will be of secondary importance for the 23-year-old World Student Games bronze medallist.
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In several instances hearths associated with workshop waste products were found, particularly for the production of glass beads and bronze jewellery.
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Lightning from the storm had cut off the electricity and the cell was illuminated by a bronze dish filled with flickering candles.
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She took the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan Am Games.
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The defending champions ended up second, the bronze medalists fifth.