📒 a bright yellow metal made by mixing copper and zinc; objects made of brass
📒 the musical instruments made of metal, such as trumpets or French horns, that form a band or section of an orchestra; the people who play them
📒 a decorated piece of brass used as an attractive object, especially a round flat piece attached to a horse’s harness
📒 a flat piece of brass with words or a picture on it, fixed to the floor or wall of a church in memory of somebody who has died
📒 the people who are in the most important positions in a company, an organization, etc.
📒 money
📒 without showing any respect, shame or fear
📒 if you say that it is brass monkeys or brass monkey weather, you mean that it is very cold weather
📒 a combination of confidence and lack of respect
📒 the opportunity to be successful; success that you have worked hard to get
📒 (to start to consider) the basic facts or practical details of something
📒 used to say that a business activity that is unpleasant or dirty can bring in a lot of money