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Definition of bronze
bronzed
;bronzing
transitive verb
: to give the appearance of bronze to a bronzed sculpture; also : tan 1
bronzer
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Recent Examples of bronze from the Web
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Tom Ford’s bronzing gel is beloved by almost all celebrity groomers, especially the ones who service a lot of pasty white guys (like Christine Nelli , groomer to Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling).
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This one is a game changer for pasty folks wishing for some color, but as with any bronzing product, expect a mess.
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Her face, bronzed by a lifetime outdoors, is animated and expressive with eyes that crinkle around the edges for emphasis.
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The fire god Loge (Russell Thomas, sounding bronzed and burnished and wanting just a touch more viciousness) isn’t the usual sprightly trickster, but wry and thoughtful.
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When the pancake is evenly bronzed, plate it and dress it up.
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First Known Use of bronze
1645
bronze
Definition of bronze
1a : an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elementsb : any of various copper-base alloys with little or no tin
2 : a sculpture or artifact of bronze
3 : a moderate yellowish brown
4 : a bronze medal awarded as the third prize in a competition
Examples of bronze in a Sentence
a statue cast in bronze
a bronze of the president
She won a bronze in skiing.
Recent Examples of bronze from the Web
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Merritt won bronze at the 2015 world championships in Beijing with his kidneys barely functioning because of a genetic disorder.
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For example, buying health insurance is impossibly complex because there are thousands of options, but by creating levels of coverage—bronze, silver, gold—the Affordable Care Act simplified the process.
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Valued at a more modest $3 million, Untitled (2013), a sculpture by Wool, rests in a flowerbed at Buckingham Plaza North, where the globular tangle of bronze wire is juxtaposed against the rococo-style Buckingham Fountain.
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Highlights include hundreds of photographs, a replica field with 12 bronze sculptures, a massive collection of baseball artifacts and a series of multimedia computer stations.
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René Allonge, the chief art investigator with the Berlin State Office of Criminal Investigation, said his team had been searching for Hitler’s bronze horses since 2013.
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In Georgia, the Georgia Consumer Council helped erect a bronze angel at the cemetery of the state hospital in Milledgeville.
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Gur’s half-track led the attack, crashing through the massive bronze doors onto the Via Delarosa, then turning left and onto the Temple Mount.
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For years, discussion has simmered over what to do with the city’s own symbol of its Confederate past: a bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that stands in a downtown park named in his honor.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bronze'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of bronze
French, from Italian bronzo
BRONZE Defined for English Language Learners
bronze
Definition of bronze for English Language Learners
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: a metal that is made by combining copper and tin
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: something (such as a statue) that is made of bronze
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: a yellowish-brown color
BRONZE Defined for Kids
Definition of bronze for Students
1 : an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
2 : a yellowish brown color
3 : a medal made of bronze given to the third place winner in a competition
Definition of bronze for Students
1 : made of bronze
2 : having a yellowish brown color
Learn More about bronze
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