All 7 Uses
bronze
in
The Red Pyramid
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- On the right was a massive set of bronze doors with fires blazing on either side; on the left, a twenty-foot-tall sphinx carved into the wall.
Chpt 13 *bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal
- Zia turned to face the bronze doors.
Chpt 13
- I pushed open the bronze doors.
Chpt 15
- We crossed another threshold, and the light turned bronze.†
Chpt 14
- It was a bronze disk like a shield, easily as wide as our boat, half submerged in the river.†
Chpt 28
- On either bank of the river, facing the disk, was a giant bronze baboon with its arms raised.†
Chpt 28
- The bronze sun disk in the middle of the river sank below the surface, clearing the way into the lake.†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(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) tinBronze 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
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(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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)