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brightwork

brightwork

8.6
Shiny metal parts on a boat, car, or building that need regular cleaning
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : brillantez
  • To maintain its elegant appearance, the brightwork on the boat requires regular cleaning and upkeep.

Examples

  • Her paint glistened with a mirror finish, and her brightwork sparkled under the California sun.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The yacht's brightwork gleamed beautifully after careful polishing, attracting the admiration of onlookers.

  • The restaurant's facade was adorned with shiny brightwork, giving it a polished and inviting look.

Antonyms

dull
31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

How Shiny

mirror
775 1.0
brightwork
  • Jargon
8.6
tarnish
3 5.7

Surface Forms

brightwork singular
brightworks plural

Morphology

brightwork = bright + work (transparent) = bright + work

The compound directly denotes 'shiny/bright' items or metalwork; speakers can infer 'polished metal parts' from 'bright' + 'work'.

Etymology

Brightwork comes from the simple parts bright ('shining') and work ('things made or fixed'); sailors used it for the shiny metal parts on boats that must be polished. So brightwork today means those polished decorative metal parts on vehicles or boats that need regular cleaning.