bronze

noun5

1. •
   A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.

   • How little gives thee joy or pain; A print, a bronze, a flower, a root. — 1720
2. •
   A bronze medal; third place.

   • She wanted to win the tournament, but had to settle for the bronze after being beaten in the semi-finals.
3. •
   A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.

   • Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze. — 2023
4. •
   A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.

   • "This is very good," he continued, addressing himself to the bronze again. "How ever did he do it?" "With his hands." "Naturally. But, I mean, how did he study his model?" — 1914
5. •
   Boldness; impudence.

   • Embrown'd with native bronze, lo! Henley stands. — 1728

verb5

1. •
   To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.

   • The sun was so low that its level rays shot through the tunnels of the forest and bronzed its ceiling of woven leaves when Bess returned to the clearing. — 1925
2. •
   To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

   • His skin began to bronze as he worked in our garden each day. — 2006
3. •
   To finish in third place; to win a bronze medal.

   • Louganis' runner-up count was 822.09, and Boggs bronzed at 783.78. — 1979
4. •
   To plate with bronze.

   • My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
5. •
   To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

   • the lawyer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead — 1815

adjective3

1. •
   Made of bronze metal.

   • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door. — 1907
2. •
   Having a reddish-brown colour.
3. •
   Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.

   • That girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body. — 2016

noun1

1. •
   A breed of domestic turkey whose plumage has an iridescent bronze-like sheen.