brazier
1 Americannoun
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a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel, as for heating a room.
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a simple cooking device consisting of a container of live coals covered by a grill or thin metal top upon which the food, usually meat, is placed.
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Other Word Forms
- braziery noun
Etymology
Origin of brazier1
First recorded in 1680–90; earlier brasier, from French; braise, -er 2
Origin of brazier2
1275–1325; Middle English brasier, equivalent to Old English bræsi ( an ) to work in brass + -er -er 1
Example Sentences
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There’s “The Witcher”-themed medieval-style brazier fueled by the supernatural force that we know in modern times as a gas line.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
In one corner of the turbine hall, under a gaping hole in the roof, workers warm their hands over a makeshift brazier.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
In front of him a pot of strong coffee warmed amid the embers of a coal brazier.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
The key was its form: Instead of glassy beads in an open brazier, a public spectacle, it was offered as an oil, intimate and discreet, for an audience of one.
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
His own chambers in the Guest Keep had never seemed so chilly, though the thralls had left a brazier burning.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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