All 9 Uses

bronze
in
The Throne of Fire
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At the far end of the hall, the huge bronze doors opened.
Chpt 17 *

bronze = made of a type of high-quality metal
My arms were bronze and muscular, circled with bands of gold and lapis lazuli.†
Chpt 5
It looked like a birdbath—just a bronze saucer on a stone pedestal—but it was my favorite magic item.†
Chpt 6
Khufu barked in alarm and tipped the bronze saucer over the railing, sending it hurtling toward the East River.†
Chpt 6
Babi swatted a bronze statue of some poor famous bloke and knocked his head clean off.†
Chpt 8
The decapitated bronze head from the statue shot out of nowhere and slammed into Babi's chest, knocking him backward through the roof of the Body Shop.†
Chpt 8
He was in human form, a muscular young man with bronze skin and a shaved head.†
Chpt 17
Her freshly washed hair was swept behind her ears, and she wore a new white sleeveless dress that made her bronze skin glow.†
Chpt 18
He had the head of a ram: a white snout with a brass ring in his nose and long curly horns hung with dozens of bronze bells.†
Chpt 19

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
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)