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brassed

5.8

Made of or covered with a shiny yellow metal often used for decoration

adjective
/bræst/

: de latón

The lamp has a beautiful brassed finish that gives it an antique look.

Examples

So there's the metal bottom and then antique brass finish there.
I love the polished brass stand.
This year the speed control plate has these brass leaves in it that wear out.
Wooden handle, brass ring, police button in the bottom.
Again Amtech handles so beautiful, all brass textured.
Now these sit standoffs have a brass or metal insert that is actually offset within the standoff.
She admired the brassed statue that gleamed in the sunlight.
They installed a brassed doorknob to match the rest of the decor in the house.

Synonyms

brazen

vsbrassed

1 6.0

Made of brass or having a shiny yellow metal colour

refers to actual making or covering rather than mere resemblance

plated

vsbrassed

Specialized

1 4.1

Covered with metal plates for strength and protection

emphasizes being made of or decorated with a specific metal rather than protection

brassbound

vsbrassed

8.1

Having brass edges or parts for decoration and extra strength

covers being made of or coated with that metal rather than only trim

Surface Forms

brassed positive

Morphology

brassed = brass (transparent) = brass + ed

Formed by a regular denominal adjectival/past-participial '-ed' meaning 'made of or coated with brass', which B1 learners can derive from 'brass'.

Etymology

Brassed comes from the metal brass plus the usual adjective ending, so it originally meant 'made of brass' or 'covered with brass'. That's why a brassed frame or handle looks shiny and golden.