Collocations withbrass
These are words often used in combination withbrass.
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brass button
In this amalgamation there is no common factor at all to be found except, as has been said, in the brass button.
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brass cartridge
Fixed ammunition combined a primer, the pre-measured charge, and the projectile in a water-resistant brass cartridge case.
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brass chandelier
The room also has an enormous brass chandelier.
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brass ensemble
Sheldon (1991) presented university students with a half-minute excerpt of a piece arranged for brass ensemble that featured a constant or changing tempo.
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brass fitting
A stiffened peak cap was worn, made of the same material, with a leather strap, brass fitting and secured with two small brass buttons.
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brass instrument
Cook (1991, 1992) introduced a waveguide model that is capable of synthesising brass instrument tones.
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brass plaque
There might be a brass plaque up on the building, but is there anybody left inside?
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brass plate
The copper mirror is supported by a thick brass plate, to the underside of which is glued an electrical heater.
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brass player
He took an active part in music in the university as a keyboard and brass player.
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brass ring
The petroleum jelly ring was made using a brass ring dipped in molten petroleum jelly and its dimensions and that of the water droplet were gauged by experience.
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brass section
Here, the final strain of the melody is given to the brass section.
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brass tack
Accordingly, price and the realisation of price is the second brass tack.
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brass tube
These were securely belted on to the end of the brass tube.
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brass wire
Not one of them was allowed to marry before he had carried a load of ivory to the coast, and brought back one of calico or brass wire.
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polished brass
The conical mirror was made of polished brass that went through a chrome-plating process to improve the optical quality.
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solid brass
Spinning tools can be made of hardened steel for using with aluminium or solid brass for spinning stainless steel or mild steel.
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