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brass band
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments , most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands (particularly in the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. Brasses . [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[ae]s; akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire, and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d Braze .] An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context music English) A group of musicians who play brass instruments (sometimes accompanied by percussion)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Five steamboats loaded with thrill seekers arrived from Lake Erie, each with a brass band on deck. ▪ Free activities: The brass band gives regular concerts, there are guided walks and even occasional windsurfing regattas! ▪ In ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments
Usage examples of brass band.
And it was no quaint brass band that was going to play in fifteen minutes or half an hour, either -- spread across the band-shell (which looked almost as big as the Hollywood Bowl to Mary's eyes) were the implements and accessories of what had to be the world's biggest -- and loudest, judging from the amps -- rock-and-roll band, an apocalyptic bebop combination that would, at full throttle, probably be loud enough to shatter window-glass five miles away.
Still rejected by white Catholics, the Mexicans turned inevitably to exotic religions, and Henry Garrett would never forget the wintry Sunday afternoon when the Children of God in the Mountains outraged the honest citizens of Centennial by appearing with a brass band in the public square to conduct religious worship.
The noise came closer, a whistle blew, and a brass band exploded with music.