bronze

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A hard reddish-brown metal made by mixing copper and tin

   The old coins were made of bronze.

2. 2
   adj

   Having a reddish-brown colour like bronze

   After her holiday her skin had a lovely bronze tan.

3. 3
   noun

   A statue or work of art made of bronze

   The museum displays a beautiful bronze of a horse.

4. 4
   verb

   To make skin brown by exposure to the sun

   She lay on the beach to bronze her arms and legs.

From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior (for which, see citation below).

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