[brɑːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a yellow alloy of copper and zinc
(e.g: a brass plate on the door)

- brass wind instruments (including trumpet, horn, and trombone) forming a band or a section of an orchestra
(e.g: the brass were consistently too loud)

- people in authority or of high military rank
(e.g: the top brass of the Jockey Club)

- money
(e.g: they wanted to spend their newly acquired brass)


Phrases:
- a brass farthing
- brass neck
- brassed off
- get down to brass tacks
- the brass ring

Origin:
Old English bræs, of unknown origin