Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical...

Look up brass monkey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brass monkey may refer to: Brass Monkey (band), an English folk band formed in 1982 Brass Monkey...

Brass Against is a musical collective that creates brass-inflected cover versions of rock songs. The collective chooses politically charged songs and other...

Brass knuckles (also referred to as brass knucks, knuckledusters, iron fist and paperweight, among other names) are a melee weapon used primarily in hand-to-hand...

sculptor and theatre producer, who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called "Herb Alpert and the TJB") in the 1960s. During the same...

Brass rubbing was originally a largely British enthusiasm for reproducing onto paper monumental brasses – commemorative brass plaques found in churches...

City of Brass may refer to: "The City of Brass" (One Thousand and One Nights), one of the stories of the One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) "City...

A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of...

Look up brass or bräss in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brass is a metal alloy of copper and zinc. "Brass" is also military slang for officers, especially...

A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting primarily of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass...

Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed...

A brass fastener, butterfly clips, brad, paper fastener or split pin is a stationery item used for securing multiple sheets of paper together. A patent...

The brass section of the orchestra, concert band, and jazz ensemble consist of brass instruments, and is one of the main sections in all three ensembles...

A brass catcher (also brass trap) is a device designed to capture cartridge casings, often made of brass, as they are ejected from a firearm. Various designs...

The Brass Verdict is the 19th novel by American author Michael Connelly and features the second appearance of Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael...

is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibration – a buzz –...

The Canadian Brass is a Canadian brass quintet formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, by Charles Daellenbach (tuba) and Gene Watts (trombone), with horn...

"Cold enough to freeze the balls off (or on) a brass monkey" (also "brass monkey weather") is a colloquial expression used by some English speakers to...

Brass is a British television comedy drama, made by Granada Television for ITV and eventually Channel 4. "Brass" is northern English slang for "money"...

The Beat of the Brass is the tenth album by the popular instrumental group Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, released in 1968. It was the last album by...

British Standard Brass or British Brass Thread is an imperial unit based screw thread. It adopts the Whitworth thread form with a pitch of 26 threads per...

"Brass in Pocket", also known as "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)", is a song by English–American rock band the Pretenders, released in 1979 as the third...

Brass Construction was an American funk group formed in Brooklyn, New York, United States, in 1968. They were originally known as Dynamic Soul, and went...

Project Brass Ring was a 1950 United States Air Force project designed to deliver an early hydrogen bomb to within 2 miles (3.2 km) of a target using...

Brass Eye (stylised as brassEYE) is a British satirical television series parodying current affairs news programming. A series of six episodes aired on...

Brasser is a Dutch and German occupational surname. "Brasser" in Middle Dutch meant "brewer" (as well as "boozer"), while the modern meaning is limited...

Brass is a Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Twon-Brass on Brass Island along the coast, it...

Look up brass tacks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brass Tacks or brass tacks may refer to: Brass Tacks (UK TV programme), a 1977–1988 British documentary...

The Brass Are Comin' is a 1969 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the group's 13th release and its last album before disbanding in December 1969...

Brass Monkey is a brand name of pre-mixed cocktails made by the Heublein Company. As with many lesser-known cocktails that are named after colloquial...