All 19 Uses of

bronze

in

The Lost Symbol

Outside the main entrance, two seventeen-ton sphinxes guarded the bronze doors.
Chpt Pro. *

bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal

When Katherine Solomon finally saw the massive bronze doors of the library swing open before her, she felt as if an emotional floodgate had burst.
Chpt 55-56

He removed the batteries and crushed both devices with a heavy bronze doorstop.
Chpt 95-96

bronze = a type of metal

The bronze doors slid open, and Mal'akh gazed out at the glorious chamber before them.
Chpt 115-116

bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal

The man's tattoos had obviously been concealed beneath bronzing makeup.
Chpt 117-118 *

bronzing = tan-colored (reddish brown)

The video kept moving …. the man hurrying toward the building now …. up the multitiered staircase …. toward the giant bronze doors …. between the two seventeen-ton sphinx guardians.
Chpt 117-118

bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal

Langdon always found it ironic that the workers who hoisted each piece of the nineteen-and-a-half-foot bronze statue to her perch were slaves—a Capitol secret that seldom made the syllabi of high school history classes.†
Chpt 5-6

"Katherine Solomon," she said, trying not to stare at his skin, which was unusually smooth and bronzed.†
Chpt 21-22

Director Sato led Anderson over to a quiet area near the bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson.†
Chpt 25-26

Beneath that, a stately course of paired pillars lined the second-floor balcony, accessible by two magnificent curling staircases whose newel posts supported giant bronze female figures raising torches of enlightenment.†
Chpt 45-46

Encircling the room, sixteen bronze "portrait" statues peered down from the balustrade.†
Chpt 45-46

Bellamy looked almost amused as he turned in his seat, glancing up at the second-tier balcony, where sixteen bronze statues peered down at them.†
Chpt 49-50

Andros read Homer's Odyssey, captivated by the images of powerful bronze men doing battle on these islands.†
Chpt 57-58

Katherine was talking excitedly again to Langdon, saying something about the famous bronze cast of the Great Seal embedded in the plaza.†
Chpt 75-76

Omar watched as the two fugitives quickly found the plaza's famous Great Seal—one of the largest bronze medallions ever cast.†
Chpt 75-76

Inside the spectacular marble foyer sits a massive bronze of George Washington in full Masonic regalia, along with the actual trowel he used to lay the cornerstone of the Capitol Building.†
Chpt 77-78

The cathedral garth was a cloistered, pentagonal garden with a bronze postmodern fountain.†
Chpt 87-88

On the first landing, Langdon came face-to-face with a bronze bust of Masonic luminary Albert Pike, along with the engraving of his most famous quote: WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OURSELVES ALONE DIES WITH US; WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OTHERS AND THE WORLD REMAINS AND IS IMMORTAL.†
Chpt 121-122

Directly above him, the bronze Statue of Freedom gazed out over the sleeping capital city.†
Chpt Epil.

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