Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

braze

/bɹeɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: braze
IPA: /bɹeɪz/

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover with brass, or as with brass.

Transitive verb

verb

To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.

verb

To burn or temper in fire.

Obsolete

noun

A kind of small charcoal used for roasting ore.

Example Sentences

"Roasting the ores is done with the charcoal braze (or fine charcoal from the charring) in heaps of thirty feet width, fifty-feet length and twenty feet height, containing 3,200 tons."

Etymology

From Middle English brasen, from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”), from bræs (“brass”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: brasen, brasian, braser, brasa, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

brazes (present, singular) brazing (participle, present) brazed (participle, past) brazed (past) braise (alternative) braize (alternative) brazes (plural)

Derived Forms

brazer

Phrases

braze welding

Frequently Paired Words

brazen

Homonyms

braise brays braize

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce braze?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹeɪz/.
What does braze mean?: To cover with brass, or as with brass.
Where does braze come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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