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Definition:

a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece;

a memorial made of brass;

an ornament or utensil made of brass;

impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn''t believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty";

the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became rec;

the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments;

an alloy of copper and zinc;

Hyponyms: baritone, baritone horn, bass horn, sousaphone, tuba, bugle, clarion, cornet, horn, trumpet, trump, flugelhorn, fluegelhorn, French horn, saxhorn, trombone, audacity, audaciousness, Curia, top brass, executive, judiciary, bench, county council, government officials, officialdom, management, trumpet section, alpha-beta brass, Muntz metal, yellow metal, alpha brass, bearing brass, cartridge brass, gilding metal, high brass, latten, low brass, ormolu, red brass, guinea gold

Part Meronyms: government, authorities, regime

Derivational Morphology: cheek, confront, face, form, organize, organise, mastermind, engineer, direct, orchestrate, coordinate, administer, administrate

Anagrams: Basra, sabra

Language Translations:
Danish: messing		Dutch: messing
Esperanto: latuno		French: laiton
German: Messing		Italian: ottone
Latvian: misiņš		Maltese: ram
Polish: mosiądz		Russian: латунь
Spanish: latón		Telugu: ఇత్తడి

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