Brazier
['breɪzɪə;-ʒə] or ['brezɪɚ]
Definition
(noun.) large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times.
Inputed by Laura--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An artificer who works in brass.
(n.) A pan for holding burning coals.
(n.) Same as Brasier.
Inputed by Amanda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Worker or artificer in brass.[2]. Pan for coals.
Checker: Nathan
Definition
n. one who works in Brass (q.v.).
Checker: Stella
Examples
- The grate might have been the old brazier, and the glow might have been the old hollow down by the flare. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As I passed the tall man who sat by the brazier I felt a sudden pluck at my skirt, and a low voice whispered, Walk past me, and then look back at me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is the fire in his brazier. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He never made a suggestion but once; and on that occasion (I don't know what put it in his head), he suddenly proposed that I should be 'a Brazier'. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sometimes he could not see it and then he knew that the man in the sentry box had moved in front of the brazier. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She sat on the ground, looking at the brazier, with her face leaning on her hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In consequence, he took me to walk with him, and see joiners, bricklayers, turners, braziers, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- His father took him to visit the shops of j oiners, bricklayers, turners, braziers, cutlers, and other artisans, thus st imulating in him a delight in handicraft. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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