All 5 Uses of

bronze

in

The Demolished Man

He poised the Rhodospin cap, then thrust open the bronze door, revealing nine steps mounting to an anteroom.
Chpt 4 *

bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal

Ben Reich slowly threaded his way through the main hall to the music room, turned right, mounted the stairs to the Picture Gallery, passed through the bronze doors leading to the Orchid Suite, blinded and stunned the Beaumont guards, and then entered the suite.
Chpt 13

Between a livid Lucrece and a horde of Sabine Women was a flush door of polished bronze.†
Chpt 4

At every step the crystal hummed sweet chords, throbbing like the prolonged over-tones of bronze bells.†
Chpt 9

As the Jumper descended, Powell could make out the figures of patients and attendants...all bronzed, active, laughing, playmg.†
Chpt 17

Definitions:

(1) (bronze as in: bronze won't corrode in salt water)
a brownish-colored metal with red or yellow hues that is made of copper and (usually) tin

Bronze metals in the Olympics and many other contests are awarded for third place.

With the discovery of bronze (about 3,000 BC), people could make tools and weapons that were harder and more durable than those made of copper and stone that preceded bronze.
(2) (bronze as in: a bronze tan)
a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown color like that of one of the metals with the same name -- often used to refer to a suntan or a dark glowing complexion
(3) (bronze as in: her bronze is on display)
something made of the brownish metal with the same name -- such as a sculpture (statue) or a third place medal