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braze

1 American  
[breyz] / breɪz /

verb (used with object)

brazed, brazing
  1. to make of brass.

  2. to cover or ornament with or as if with brass.

  3. to make brasslike.


braze 2 American  
[breyz] / breɪz /

verb (used with object)

Metallurgy.
brazed, brazing
  1. to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.


braze 1 British  
/ breɪz /

verb

  1. to decorate with, make like, or make of brass

  2. to make like brass, as in hardness

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

braze 2 British  
/ breɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to make a joint between (two metal surfaces) by fusing a layer of brass or high-melting solder between them

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the high-melting solder or alloy used in brazing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of braze1

before 1000; Middle English brasen, Old English bræsian; see brass

Origin of braze2

1575–85; < French braser to solder (MF), burn ( Old French ) < Germanic; compare Swedish brasa, Danish brase to roast; see braise

Vocabulary lists containing braze

Example Sentences

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You don't braze it in liquid, so it's roasting it inside a pot that's covered, and then uncovering it to get some color on it.

From Salon May 29, 2023

Put a chalk mark each side where you want to braze.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Brass tubing is more easily soldered, but not so good to braze, and generally not so strong as copper, other things being equal.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

"I do be thinkin' I saw a break in the beastly ould fog beyont us; yis, an' by the powers, it's a braze that fans me cheek at this identical minute!"

From Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida by Arundel, Louis

Each features a DAT55 titanium L-shaped face, which like the woods is brazed to a heavier steel body.

From Golf Digest Mar. 15, 2019

The face is brazed to the body, a process that joins the two dissimilar metals without welding to save additional weight.

From Golf Digest Mar. 15, 2019

The modification took the form of a sleeve that was brazed, or soldered, around the pipes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Egyptian-born Ibram Lassaw, 42, is the mystic among sculptor-welders; his brazed metal rods seem to float in the air like airy skyscraper girders.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are then brazed upon the barrel, pieces of brass wire, half an inch long, being used for this purpose.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various

I think people have this impulse to sear your meat before brazing it.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2022

Still plenty brazing the rain and potential tempest to get along though - great to see:

From The Guardian Oct. 11, 2019

He studied pictures and documents about the original gate, which was installed in 1936, and used techniques like high-temperature brazing, which was more common than soldering in the 1930s.

From Reuters Apr. 16, 2015

The CB Pro F2 also employs the Exotics line’s trademarked brazing manufacturing technique.

From Golf Digest Oct. 16, 2013

The junctions or lugs are usually of malleable cast iron, bored to fit the outside of the tube, the final union being effected by brazing.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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