a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece | one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
a memorial made of brass | the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
an ornament or utensil made of brass | control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid |
impudent aggressiveness | device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone |
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments | |
an alloy of copper and zinc | |