n.
- a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to one-third tin.
- a yellowish-brown colour.
- a work of sculpture or other object made of bronze.
v.
- give a bronze surface to.
- make suntanned.
Derivative
Etymology
C17 (as v.): from Fr. bronze (n.), bronzer (v.), from Ital. bronzo, prob. from Pers. birinj ‘brass’.