bronze
noun/brɒnz/
/brɑːnz/
- [uncountable] a dark red-brown metal made by mixing copper and tin
- a bronze statue
- The figure was cast in bronze.
- She works mainly in bronze.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cast
- burnished
- polished
- …
- be cast in
- be made from/in/of/out of
- sculpture
- statue
- plaque
- …
- in bronze
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- [uncountable] a dark red-brown colour, like bronze
- [countable] a work of art made of bronze, for example a statue
- a fine collection of bronzes
- [countable, uncountable] (also bronze medal)a medal given as third prize in a competition or race
- He got a bronze in the long jump.
- She won (a) bronze at the Olympics.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Olympic
- earn
- get
- take
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a verb): from French bronze (noun), bronzer (verb), from Italian bronzo, probably from Persian birinj ‘brass’.
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