Words / B2

BRONZ/brɒnz/

Bronze is a metal made from copper and tin; also a third-place medal, or a brown colour: a bronze sculpture; a bronze medal. Brass is copper and zinc (a classic trap); copper is the unalloyed metal. Date the bronze in the museum catalogue, then the alloy if given. Mix-up: bronze vs brass; suntan “bronze”; do not write bronze for a paint colour with no Cu–Sn or medal in the source.

Meaning

A metal made from copper and tin; also a third-place medal, or a brown colour.

Examples

• “Date the bronze in the museum catalogue, then the alloy if given, not a suntan slogan.”
• “A bronze medal featured in the PE results, which is the third-place sense — still name the time.”

Good to know

a bronze sculpture / Age; a bronze medal; bronze (colour). Alloy: copper + tin. Trap: brass (Cu + Zn). History, chemistry, and PE. A Cu–Sn alloy, a third-place medal, or a colour — specify.

Near in meaning

brass, copper, medal

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