RED BRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red brass mean? 

• RED BRASS (noun)
  The noun RED BRASS has 1 sense:

1. brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry

  Familiarity information: RED BRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED BRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

guinea gold; red brass

Hypernyms ("red brass" is a kind of...):

brass (an alloy of copper and zinc)